Startup program entry details:

RoxWatchTray (RoxWatchTray9.exe)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.

Not required or not recommended - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

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Description:

System Tray access to managing the "Watched Folders", "LiveShares" and "MediaSpace" features of the Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 multimedia suite. All of these options are available from the Media Manager utility. The "Watched Folders" feature monitors specified locations for new pictures, songs and videos being added and makes them available to the Media Manager - if you have 512MB of memory or less available it's recommended you also disable the associated "Roxio Hard Drive Watcher 9 (RoxWatch9)" service as well as the combination has been known to use significant amount of memory and cause other problems

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

• Key(s): HKLM\Run
• Name: RoxWatchTray
• Data: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray9.exe"

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

• Startup Item (XP): RoxWatchTray9
• Startup Item (Vista): CommonSDK
• Command: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray9.exe"

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

• Name: CommonSDK
• Startup Value: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray9.exe"

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RoxWatchTray] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray9.exe"

Other information:

• File location: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM
• File properties "Description": RoxMMTrayApp Module
• Purpose: Media manager
• Program disable option: Double click on tray icon → deselect "Watch folders at startup"
• Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu, Desktop & Quick Launch (both optional)
• Vendor/Publisher: Sonic Solutions
• Product(s): Roxio Easy Media Creator 9
• Tested: Yes

Note:

• %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
• HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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