What Does Catalyst Control Center Do?
Catalyst Control Center starts up when you turn on your computer because it has to run in the background to manage your AMD video card’s operation. The same software was also used to manage ATI video cards before AMD purchased ATI, so older computers with ATI cards may also have CCC.exe installed. If you don’t play video games on your computer, you probably won’t ever have to touch Catalyst Control Center, but if you do, the software allows you to check for driver updates for your video card and manage the card’s operation. Some of the basic things you can do with Catalyst Control Center include changing the resolution or desktop area and the screen refresh rate. There are also several advanced settings that are useful for gamers. For instance, you can change anti-aliasing settings within Catalyst Control Center, removing jagged edges from 3D objects. If you have a laptop with two video cards, you can also use Catalyst Control Center to switch between them. This is useful if you notice poor performance when playing a game, which can occur if the game isn’t using your high-powered AMD video card.
How Did CCC.exe Get on My Computer?
If you have an AMD video card, CCC.exe usually installs alongside the driver that makes the card work. While it is possible to install the driver without Catalyst Control Center, it’s common to install them together as a package. Other executables, such as MOM.exe, are also included in the package. In less common circumstances, you might have a virus or malware that disguises itself as the Catalyst Control Center. If you have an Nvidia video card, and your computer never had an AMD card installed, this may be the case.
Is CCC.exe a Virus?
While CCC.exe isn’t a virus when you download it directly from AMD, a virus could disguise itself as CCC.exe. Any good anti-virus or anti-malware program will pick up this type of hidden problem, but you can also look at the location of CCC.exe on your computer. You can accomplish this in six steps: If your copy of CCC.exe is legitimate, the command line column’s location will be something similar to Program Files (x86)/ATI Technologies. Whenever CCC.exe shows up in any other location, that’s an indication that it may be malware.
How to Fix CCC.exe Problems
When CCC.exe experiences a problem, it may cause an error message to pop up on your screen. Some common error messages include:
CCC.exe has stopped working.CCC.exe has experienced a problem.Catalyst Control Center: host application has encountered an error and needs to close.
It usually happens when something gets corrupted, and the most common solutions are to repair the Catalyst Control Center installation or reinstall it. In older versions of Windows, you can do this in the Control Panel’s Programs and Features section. In Windows 10, navigate to Apps and Features in Windows Settings. The more straightforward option is to download the newest version of Catalyst Control Center directly from AMD. When you run the Catalyst Control Center installer, it should remove the corrupted version and install a working version. Since Catalyst Control Center isn’t a necessary utility, you can also prevent it from running when your computer starts. Doing so prevents you from accessing any advanced settings for your video card, but it should also stop annoying error messages.
