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What is tfswctrl.exe? CD-RW support?

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PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: tfswctrl.exe is a CD-RW packet writing software. Allows you to assign a drive letter to a CD-RW drive and use it like any other read/write drive. However, this software has been the source of several complaints about crashes. If you do not use CD-R discs (for example, you only burn CD-Rs) then you can disable this software.

tfswctrl.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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tfswctrl.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.68%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
tfswctrl.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x58db4fe154bd56a1db97c65715e9b145 2/15/2021 11:30:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB
2 Status 0xc22bdb59d346aba833a3a207e1629f07 11/2/2020 12:44:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
3 Status 0x28491fe61d956148b902bf54d2a82540 3/11/2019 1:02:00 AM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
4 Status 0x8ccb9559f0ec7eb59a49aba67bb9467c 1/8/2019 3:52:00 PM Unknown 3.50.21a CD-RW support 104 KB
5 Status 0x790490f273b0e3bcf05dc3c308abcc0b 3/14/2018 10:40:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
6 Status 0x2ca827ba68d0cdb5437c40c6f53d7f20 12/22/2017 5:49:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB
7 Status 0x2bff8a443334a034df73d2c8d808d2a7 7/14/2017 3:38:00 PM Unknown 1.04.05b CD-RW support 112 KB
8 Status 0x23f57bda0d63839493cf531136158b9a 7/5/2017 9:43:00 PM Unknown 1.03.01a CD-RW support 100 KB
9 Status 0xdeb8d1bbbb819174a4bab11485817099 5/22/2017 10:50:00 PM Unknown 1.04.07a CD-RW support 112 KB
10 Status 0x352fbf618066d0ceb7dc8ecabeb1a8d7 3/12/2017 3:21:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
11 Status 0x55877ab1f65a512fd317b640d9353dc5 11/10/2016 12:55:00 PM Unknown 1.04.07b CD-RW support 120 KB
12 Status 0x885f8fa2f29f4abba31e84df087cfaa8 6/12/2016 10:48:00 AM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB
13 Status 0x409f9dbd6be91c359d56d9ac72cc05fd 4/8/2016 9:08:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
14 Status 0x5d9919d31d973631bc11ee44f465f10d 3/6/2016 5:22:00 AM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
15 Status 0x946bab1251f68c29d60162ad45121862 9/29/2015 4:41:00 PM Unknown 1.03.01a CD-RW support 100 KB
16 Status 0xd8be45c9e739adcc19420199c48d0456 8/15/2015 3:49:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
17 Status 0x5ce33824afa1679bd70fa7c7d96b192d 5/15/2015 12:31:00 AM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB
18 Status 0x66741cbe8198a1d57f1e14de708a395e 3/10/2015 7:54:00 PM Unknown 1.02.93a CD-RW support 100 KB
19 Status 0xf9cc2eec4ab12be7bf497ad93da868c5 2/5/2015 1:20:00 AM Unknown 3.50.31a CD-RW support 112 KB
20 Status 0xb308ec7c60cdbe4d49048c2ad234a2db 1/29/2015 8:32:00 PM Unknown 3.50.22a CD-RW support 104 KB
21 Status 0x0df3275fd096bacec54e01657d8745d8 1/16/2015 9:16:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 120 KB
22 Status 0x3796fcc359bdb1ecbd845e54b12d2252 12/16/2014 2:00:00 AM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB
23 Status 0x23fd86a8fdef355894c2071a9549ba92 2/28/2013 7:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown CD-RW support 188 KB
24 Status 0x6d21f9202a24b36e7cb10e8ed9f9de37 2/7/2012 6:31:00 PM Unknown 1.03.37a CD-RW support 104 KB
25 Status 0x15d60488de609020acc98d1ef59464fd 2/2/2012 11:52:00 PM Unknown 1.04.08a CD-RW support 124 KB


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