The ppscanmg.exe process is an executable component file implemented with other system driver components, modular resources and program files that are used and referenced by the ScanSoft PaperPort software, which is a program classified as a digital document scanning program from Nuance Communications. The ppscanmg.exe process is packaged with the installer distributions of the ScanSoft PaperPort software, which also means the ppscanmg.exe process is placed in the system upon the installation of the ScanSoft PaperPort application. The ppscanmg.exe process is normally stored in the same application folder where the ScanSoft PaperPort software was installed, which is usually a sub directory under the Program Files directory of the system partition. The ppscanmg.exe process is specifically deployed as the PaperPort Scan Manager module, which is an applet that is built into the ScanSoft PaperPort software. When the ScanSoft PaperPort application needs to load the PaperPort Scan Manager module unto the system, it activates the ppscanmg.exe process, which in turn calls other associated program files and references modular resources in order to implement the functionalities of the PaperPort Scan Manager module into the system upon system and user request.

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

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A process usually a part of an installed application such as ScanSoft PaperPort and PaperPort Scan Manager, 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 ppscanmg.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 ppscanmg.exe, belongs to, in this case ScanSoft PaperPort and PaperPort Scan Manager