What is cvtres.exe?

cvtres.exe is part of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the cvtres.exe version information.

cvtres.exe's description is "Microsoft® Resource File To COFF Object Conversion Utility"

cvtres.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

cvtres.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about cvtres.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on cvtres.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Visual Studio® 2010
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft® Resource File To COFF Object Conversion Utility
Internal nameCVTRES.EXE
Original filenameCVTRES.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version10.00.30319.01
File version10.00.30319.01 built by: RTMRel

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Visual Studio® 2010
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft® Resource File To COFF Ob..
Internal nameCVTRES.EXE
Original filenameCVTRES.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All right..
Product version10.00.30319.01
File version10.00.30319.01 built by: RTMRel

Digital signatures [?]

cvtres.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number6101cf3e00000000000f

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cvtres.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the cvtres.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5dfa8e7cdfc7a0e6673ec2459d494a67c
SHA2565ffabe06a815fa0d5a7e7ab8c20e035cb1b319dac223fa97538c6547df4c09ce

Error Messages

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

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

cvtres.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.

Microsoft® Resource File To COFF Object Conversion Utility has stopped working.

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

cvtres.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

cvtres.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?

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User vote results: There were 20 votes to remove and 6 votes to keep

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