Realtek HD Audio Sound Effect Manager is the name of the program where a process called Realtek HD Audio Control Panel is executed through the file rthdcpl.exe. The file starts upon system boot-up, through the following Windows registry key: HKLM\SFOTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The file is installed when you have a Realtek audio card installed. Users are given options to configure the sound effects of their audio hardware Realtek HD Audio Control Panel. Disabling the file may cause your audio hardware to stop functioning, or to function with very limited capabilities. The file is saved in Windows directory, C:\Windows\rthdcpl.exe. It has a known file size of 16.09 MB. This specific file, rthdcpl.exe, is compatible with Windows XP. There have been reports that the file was somehow relocated to another address, C:\Windows\System 32\hhctrl.ocx. Generally, users who encountered this problem used a Microsoft hotfix to correct the problem. Users determined that the file was somehow bumped to the address of an illegal file as a result of a Windows update.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Realtek HD Audio Control Panel, 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 rthdcpl.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 rthdcpl.exe, belongs to, in this case Realtek HD Audio Control Panel