What is the CCC.exe process?

Open Windows Task Manager Some people will find that there is a CCC.exe process running, but it is not a system process, and only the AMD graphics driver installed in the computer has this process. So if there is this process inside the system, don't worry, because normally it should be safe, in addition the CCC.exe process usually exists at the same time as the MOM.exe process. So in detail, what is the process of this CCC.exe? What is its role in the system? Why is it related to ATI?

The CCC.exe process file is an integral part of the functional setup program defined by amd® for its release of AMD graphics products, known as the Catalyst Control center:host application (i.e., the Catalyst Controls Center host application). The function of the AMD graphics card for all kinds of display, graphics output to set, this program is generally taken by amd a strange name: catalysts (Catalyst Control Center). The CCC.exe process is part of this program and must be run to implement the settings for the graphics card.

What does CCC.exe have to do with MOM.exe? Often we find that they appear in the Task manager at the same time.

AMD Catalyst this entire program to achieve the "catalytic" function of the graphics card will require the support of another program called MOM.exe, both of which are indispensable. If one is banned individually, the other is tantamount to inaction as a serious disability. You can try it, after terminating CCC.exe, the icon in the lower right corner of your computer will disappear (as shown below), and the icon won't disappear after terminating MOM.exe, but it will fail to open the Settings window.

What does CCC.exe have to do with ATI? In fact, AMD did not do the graphics products, and later it acquired ATI this well-known graphics card manufacturer. AMD was acquired for a period of time still retains the existence of ATI as a graphics card brand, but later AMD gave up the name of ATI to use its own AMD name, so there are still many people say that CCC.exe is the driver of ATI graphics card. This sentence is not only wrong in the already no ATI, and CCC.exe is actually not a graphics card driver, it is just a program to set up the graphics card ("Catalyst"). It has no direct relationship with the graphics driver itself.

This is not a system process, it will be installed together with your AMD (or ATI) graphics driver package installed. If you terminate it will not affect the computer graphics and graphics drivers, but you will not be able to run the Catalyst program to personalize the video card and so on. But don't worry, if you need them you can start the catalyst at any time by entering the MOM.exe-CCC.exe process in the Run window.