WD Button Manager, or Western Digital Button Manager, is the process that gets loaded when the wdbtnmgr.exe file is executed onto the system. The process enables the button manager on the System Tray to provide users with a one-click application to launch the backup task of the WD external hard drive software. Some users have discovered that the file is essential for the proper shutdown of their external hard disk. The file usually gets installed in the System 32 subfolder of Windows. Average memory usage on RAM is 165 KB. Its standard file size is 339,968 bytes. The file is considered safe and stable. It has not been identified as a threat to system security. There were also no known reports of CPU hogging or system errors that can be linked to the wdbtnmgr.exe file. The file is not an essential startup entry so you can safely remove it from the PCs startup tasks if you do not wish for it to launch every time you open your PC and load your Operating System files.

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

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed wdbtnmgr.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as WD Button 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 wdbtnmgr.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 wdbtnmgr.exe, belongs to, in this case WD Button Manager