This process provides user a supplementary support and configuration options for Creative sound cards It s responsible for Creative X-Fi sound card which comes with FlexiJack It serves the Jacks for Microphone in Line in and Digital I O connection It also gives user an…

ctxfihlp.exe

Creative Audio Helper

Brief description of process ctxfihlp.exe

Process ctxfihlp.exe named “Creative Audio Helper” is an application associated with application Creative Audio Technology, developed by Creative Technology Limited. This version of ctxfihlp.exe seems to be safe. However some processes have more variants and one of them may be malicious. To be sure we recommend you to do a spyware and a virus scan.

ctxfihlp.exe

Additional information about ctxfihlp.exe

This process provides user a supplementary support and configuration options for Creative sound cards. It s responsible for Creative X-Fi sound card which comes with FlexiJack. It serves the Jacks for Microphone in/Line in and Digital I/O connection. It also gives user an option to decide which mode of audio creation will be in operation. This service is also run when user wants to get help about functions of X-Fi sound card. Disabling this process will make the X-Fi sound card and it's settings out of service.

Default file locations

C:\Windows\System32\ctxfihlp.exe

Reported as a virus

No

Reported as a trojan horse

No

Reported as a spyware

No

Safe to end the process

No

Safe to disable the process

No

Safe to remove the process

No

Developer

Creative Technology Limited

Part of

Creative Audio Technology

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