Process name: AcroTray
Product: AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.
Company: Adobe Systems Inc.
File: acrotray.exe
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"acrotray.exe" is an Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.

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2665 users ask for this file. 2 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 34 users rated it as not dangerous. 1 user rated it as not so dangerous. 9 users rated it as neutral. 1 user rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous.

All comments about acrotray.exe: Markus Meyer This background task is installed when you install the full version of Adobe Acrobat. It comes into action when you create PDF files from non Adobe applications through the "Watched Folders" feature of Acrobat Distiller.  See also: Link AkTiVA I can confim this informations.. FishnFool Installsed with Adobe Acrobat v6.0 Professional in my case  See also: Link john Not dangerus at all. (If you have acrobat installed) its related to Adobe Acrobat... dont worry about it Don Came with Acrobat Professional 6.0 - doesn't cause any problems for me Pascal No probleme, not dangerous  See also: Link oblongo parece ser que activa el Acrobat Distiller gls2k Have also Acrobat installed. BoneDaddy13 Part of Acrobat Writer package, it's annoying, but not dangerous Matthias Fischer, NEXUS.Solutions Harmlos und im Ruhezustand wenig Ressourcen verbrauchend. Günther Brunthaler Wird gestartet sobald man mit dem Acrobat-Drucker eine Datei erstellt. Beendet sich danach aber nicht von selbst sondern läuft weiter, was unnötig Ressourcen verschling. Tipp: Nach dem Drucken den Prozess einfach killen. Keine Gefahr: Bei Bedarf startet Acrobat den Prozess ohnehin wieder neu. Löschen sollte man das Executable aber nicht, da Acrobat PDF-Drucker sonst nicht mehr funktioniert. Somit: Harmlos, aber ärgerlich dass sich das Ding nicht selber beendet wenn man es nicht mehr braucht (PDFs druckt). Jager Installed Full Acrobat, can't get acrotray to STOP loading, but I always Kill the task anyway, and Acrobat still functions fine. Purple Sweater I think is causing some issues with locking files when trying to copy them to a server, but am still investigating it. Kelly It's essential for printing PDFs using Acrobat--without it, the application won't work! algol I've installed Acrobat Distiller and removed acrotray and everything is going fine. Jeff Essential part of Acrobat if you want to use the Acrobat Distiller print driver (i.e., print directly to PDF from other applications). lots of tools to identify wht and how this exe operates....severe......damn Adobe.... saz If it is disabled, you cannot create pdf files directly from Office appications. giorgarasb1 Is it ok if I stop this from running on start up? e-mail me pls mt2ri If you have both Adobe Acrobat Professional & Reader installed on your PC & if this file is running [Task Manager / Processes] it can force Adobe Acrobat Reader to open pdf’s even though you are trying to open the file for editing with Professional. A real pain, you have ‘End Process’ in task manager to get Adobe Professional to work properly. Jabbaa Dont remove if you wanna create PDF in MS Office or AutoCAD, because they wont work!! cdh Not dangerous, not critical for Acrobat either. Just more bloatware from Adobe. Daemon If you stop acrotray.exe at startup and print through the Adobe PDF print driver, acrotray.exe will start again which will allow you to make the PDF correctly. If you never create PDFs, just disable it. (I'm using Adobe Acrobat 3D) GJG Locks up opening Acrobat to print for me using Acrobat 6 Pro. Printing starts working fine once the application gets shut down. Annuvin I believe it clashes with Lotus Notes sometimes, and causes Notes to crash. This has happened to me multiple times. not dangerous, that I know of... but it autostarts with windows... using up precious MAMORY! Pacs Unnötiger Helper für Adobe Distiler/Acrobat/PDF-Printer - "telefoniert" aber gerne nachhause barbara it is spawning acr tmp files on my C: drive and has taken up to 5.5 GB before I figured out to delete them and kill acrotray.exe !!! Checking to see if I have a bad version. Levendis Essential element of Adobe Writer Jef Hart It eats up memory and doesn't work with XP 64-bit edition If you know more about acrotray.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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