msfeedssync.exe what does it do?

I had a program msfeedssync.exe as a scheduled task on my machine.

Wondering what is this for and how did it get scheduled on my Windows 7 machine?

SoftwareGeek

Posted 2012-07-07T05:44:07.697

Reputation: 891

The task on my system periodically created a command window popup with taskeng.exe in the title bar. – Mike – 2017-06-14T00:48:01.773

Did you ever resolve this issue? – cutrightjm – 2012-12-02T07:59:20.413

Answers

What is Msfeedssync.exe: It is the Microsoft Feeds Synchronization task found on PCs with Internet Explorer and which automatic RSS Feeds synchronization turned ON. This task starts up at the intervals specified in Internet Explorer and checks for updates to your RSS feeds. Once it has updated your RSS feeds, it terminates.

How to disable it: Control Panel > Internet Options > Content(tab) > Feeds and Web Slices > Settings(button)

From here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general/6wAVjHlHPns/8ZrnUriDgQ8J

ckloss

Posted 2012-07-07T05:44:07.697

Reputation: 570

+2 for showing us how to disable it. If MS just put the appropriate explanations in their help files....but that would be rational wouldn't it?? – Jon Grah – 2017-12-03T14:18:57.603

1Link to explain how to disable it no longer works (1/9/2019) – mhenry1384 – 2019-01-09T19:01:58.130

It is supposed to be the RSS feed updater for IE / whatever you're using RSS feeds for. There is also a little virus going around camoflaging msfeedssync.exe, so make sure that the scheduled task resides in a folder such as /system32. If you're not using any feeds, it's okay to disable this task.

cutrightjm

Posted 2012-07-07T05:44:07.697

Reputation: 3 966