ctfmon.exe

[sting]

Hi all, ive posted this question before with little result..... This appears in my startup progs, Ive unchecked it and it reappears. I know its related to office xp in some way. Do I need it? will it prevent an office app from working? Can any one explain what it does? thanks

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[irmeruu]

CTFMon is involved with the language/alternative input services in Office XP.
CTFMON.exe will continue to put itself back into MSConfig when you run the
Office XP apps as long as the Text Services and Speech applets in the Control
Panel are enabled. Not required if you don't need these features. Gleaned from the net.

Vince

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[ZOT]

There's a couple of graphics program's support areas that recomend disabling it to resolve conflicts.

This is done by renaming the file itself (CTFMON.EXE -> CTFMON.EXX).

I know the features like speech irmeruu
mentioned can be useful, but unsure if they will still operate with file renamed.

[This message has been edited by ZOT (edited 09-05-2001).]

[sting]

thanks, irmeruu I just tried that and its still reappearing. Zot thanks ive read about doing that but was worried it might mess up an app im running, Thanks guys

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[sting]

ok ok i grew a set and changed the extension from .exe to .abc, all is fine now.... thanks

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[irmeruu]

Delete following key:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ctfmon.exe.
I Export this key to a file and then delete it.


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[sting]

Thanks irmeruu, did that also and all is fine, thanks again

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