The file startfx.exe is a file also known as the Start Advance Video FX Engine Application. This executable file is from the software called Creative Live Cam which is owned by Creative Technology Ltd. This file is usually located in the directory of the drive C:\Program Files and has the known file size of 24,576. This size may differ on depending on the Operating System such as the Window XP, Window Vista and Window 7. This program is not digitally signed in by the author and this process does not belong to the Windows core system file. This application starts when the Operating System starts. This program is also used in Creative camera software. This program is recommended not to be removed so that the hardware would work. But, the user may have the option to remove the process by removing the entire software in which the executable file Startfx.exe is associated with.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Start Advance Video FX Engine 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 startfx.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 startfx.exe, belongs to, in this case Start Advance Video FX Engine Application