Phoenix.exe is the executable file for Phoenix Technologies, a collection of programs that designs, supports, and develops software enhancement products and services which provide the PCs and mobile devices with advanced device utility, security and reliability. Phoenix's portfolio of the products and services features software which helps users locate and manage handheld or portable devices which have been lost and/or stolen, alongside software that allow specific applications to operate independently from the device’s operating system. Phoenix's products, which are referred to as firmware BIOS or Basic Input and Output System support and enable compatibility, security, and connectivity management of the different components and technologies in such devices. Phoenix Technologies Limited primary sells products to computer and its component device manufacturers, providing consulting, training, engineering and maintenance services to the customers. While the consumers of these Phoenix services and products are enterprises, service providers, governments, and individuals, Phoenix licenses products to ODMs and OEMs in order to help them make their products appealing to end-users.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Phoenix Application, 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 phoenix.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 phoenix.exe, belongs to, in this case Phoenix Application