PaperPort Print to Desktop is another name of the file pptd40nt.exe. This file belongs to the Scansoft Company. The program is a part of a Printer Suite which deals with printers. The file can be usually found in the C:\Program files and has the known file size of 57,393 bytes in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD). But the file size may differ on various Microsoft Operating Systems such as the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The program is considered to be invisible for it runs without providing the user any interface to change the behavior of the process. The file does not belong to the Windows core file. The file has the registry key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The user may have the option to remove the file by removing the entire software in which the file is bundled with. The removal process can be done by the use of the Add/Remove program located in the Control Panel of the Microsoft Operating System.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. pptd40nt.exe. is used by PaperPort Print to Desktop, If you shut down pptd40nt.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop pptd40nt.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is PaperPort Print to Desktop, 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 pptd40nt.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PaperPort Print to Desktop, 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 pptd40nt.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 pptd40nt.exe, belongs to, in this case PaperPort Print to Desktop