Nvtray.exe is the executable file for nVidia System Tray, the program which runs the nVidia System Tools in the notification area in the system tray. Previously called nTune, the NVIDIA System Tools is a group of utilities used for accessing, adjusting, and monitoring system components, including the temperature and voltages of the machine, in user-friendly control panels that resides within Windows, instead of through the BIOS system. Additionally, System Tools contains a feature which automatically adjusts the settings, testing them to find the optimal combined settings for the computer hardware configuration. The CPU, GPU, MCP, RAM, fans and voltage are adjusted, although not all motherboards provide support for these adjustment options. These configurations can be saved, allowing the end-user toggle movement between gaming profiles and quiet profiles for minimum demanding work, or other profiles that are usage-specific. The nVidia System Tray is a front end utility for the BIOS system. Most settings can be changed in the BIOS and are available among included utilities.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. nvtray.exe. is used by NVIDIA Tray Tools, If you shut down nvtray.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop nvtray.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is NVIDIA Tray Tools, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed nvtray.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as NVIDIA Tray Tools, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if nvtray.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that nvtray.exe, belongs to, in this case NVIDIA Tray Tools