What is CTFMON.EXE (CTFMON.exe) file?
CTFMon.exe Activates Chinese Optional User Enter Method Text Input Processor (TIP) and Microsoft Office Language.
What functions have the CTFMON.exe file?
CTFMON.exe monitors the activity window and provides text input service support for voice recognition, writing recognition, keyboard, translation, and other Chinese optional user input method technology.
Can I delete a CTFMON.EXE file?
If you delete CTFMon.exe, it may cause problems with Office XP programs, so it is recommended not to delete it. To prohibit running CTFMON.exe, follow these steps.
Step 1: Uninstall Chinese Optional User Enter Method
To uninstall the Chinese optional user input method function, set the installation status to not available in the Office XP installer.
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME), Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
1. Exit all Office programs.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel, double-click Add / Remove Programs.
4. On the Installation / Uninstall tab, click Select Microsoft Office XP Product, where Office XP Product is the name of the specific Office product being used. If you are using a standalone version of a Office program, click the selected product in the list. Click Add / Delete.
5. In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, select Add or Delete the feature, and then click Next. At this point, "Select Install Options for All Office Application and Tools" dialog.
6. Click the plus sign ( ) next to the Office sharing function to expand it.
7. Click the icon next to the Chinese optional user input method and select unavailable.
8. Click Update.
Note: If multiple Office XP products (such as Office XP Professional and Publisher 2002) are installed, the above steps must be repeated for each product installed.
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP:
1. Exit all Office programs.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Note: In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel, double-click Add / Remove Programs. Note: In Windows XP, click Add or Remove Programs.
4. In the "Currently installed Program" list, click Select Microsoft Office XP Product, where Office XP Product is the name of the specific Office product being used. If you are using a standalone version of a Office program, click the selected product in the list. Click Change.
5. In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, select Add or Delete the feature, and then click Next. The Installation Options dialog box will be displayed as all Office Applications and Tools.
6. Click the plus sign ( ) next to the Office sharing function to expand it.
7. Click the icon next to the Chinese optional user input method and select unavailable.
8. Click Update.
Note: If multiple Office XP products (such as Office XP Professional and Publisher 2002) are installed, the above steps must be repeated for each product installed. Step 2: Remove Chinese Optional User Enter Method Services from text services
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, double-click the text service. Note: In Windows XP, click Date, Time, Language, and Area Settings, and then click Region and Language Options. On the Language tab, click Details.
3. In the Installed Service, select each input item listed, and then click Remove to delete the item. All items must be removed one by one, except for the following input services: English (US) - Default US 101 keyboard
Step 3: Run REGSVR32 / U for MSIMTF.DLL and MSCTF.DLL file
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type the following command: regsvr32.exe / u msimtf.dll
3. Click OK.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for MSCTF.DLL files.
other information
l Why didn't it disappear when I delete CTFMon.exe from Msconfig?
l Delete CTFMON.exe from MSConfig and does not disable CTFMon.exe.
l Different from the Chinese optional user input method function, CTFMON.exe is a system component that cannot be uninstalled.
l How much system resources need to be used when running CTFMON.exe?
l If you do not run advanced text services, CTFMon.exe is hardly using system resources. Advanced text services are CTFMon.exe through TIP-controlled input technology (speech recognition, writing recognition, and input method editor).
l CTFMon.exe is a file responsible for controlling Chinese optional user input method technology. It launches language bar components (in the taskbar) and runs in the background, and even after exiting the Office XP program. When Windows is started, it will also start and run in the background, and whether the Office XP program is started.
l After installing Office XP Chinese Optional User Enter method components, CTFMon.exe continues during the Windows session running in the background.
