What is CTsvcCDA.EXE?

CTsvcCDA.EXE is part of Creative Service for CDROM Access and developed by Creative Technology Ltd according to the CTsvcCDA.EXE version information.

CTsvcCDA.EXE's description is "Creative Service for CDROM Access"

CTsvcCDA.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about CTsvcCDA.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CTsvcCDA.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameCreative Service for CDROM Access
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd
File descriptionCreative Service for CDROM Access
Internal nameCTsvcCDAEXE
Original filenameCTsvcCDA.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) Creative Technology Ltd., 1999. All rights reserved.
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.1.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameCreative Service for CDROM Access
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd
File descriptionCreative Service for CDROM Access
Internal nameCTsvcCDAEXE
Original filenameCTsvcCDA.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) Creative Technology Lt..
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.1.0

Digital signatures [?]

CTsvcCDA.EXE is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CTsvcCDA.EXE file.

None of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the CTsvcCDA.EXE file.

Filename variants

CTsvcCDA.EXE may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

CTsvcCDA.EXE may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\system32\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD53c8b6609712f4ff78e521f6dcfc4032b
SHA256dfcfd5f2d35dda25dd91b4d732bdf84d1526ab11084e22523d51abb2a8608402

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ctsvccda.exe:

ctsvccda.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ctsvccda.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Creative Service for CDROM Access has stopped working.

End Program - ctsvccda.exe. This program is not responding.

ctsvccda.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ctsvccda.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with CTsvcCDA.EXE. 16% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 96 users.

User vote results: There were 15 votes to remove and 81 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Mike M writes

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Creative Service for CD-ROM,it is a valid file.

# 18 Feb 2011, 14:10

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