Catalyst Control Centre: Host application has stopped working

Hi Mike_G01

I tried your fix.  I got as far as check marking the "Hidden" selection and applying and selecting all sub directories and then OK and it went through all the files and now I cannot find the Users folder again.  I know you say it does disappear but I cannot find it anywhere now under any menu/tree.  How do I fid this again?

Ta

Chris

This may be the solution you are seeking.

I recently removed the Vista Recovery Center malware from another one of our company laptops. It has ATI graphics installed. This malware hides most of the files on the PC in an attempt to fool you into thinking that your PC is really damaged like it is reporting. Removing the malware does not undo the hidden aspects. In Vista, the c:\Users*"your profile name (usually Owner)"*  folder contains the AppData subdirectory that the Catalyst Control Center needs to access in order to function. When this directory is hidden, then CCC cannot locate the necessary files to launch. To fix this issue, I use the following steps.

Navigate to c:\ and right click on Users. Select properties. Under the General tab, look at the bottom for the Hidden selection. If there is not a check mark in the box, place a check mark there. Hit apply, select yes to apply to all subdirectories. If you clicked ok, you may notice that it disappeared from the right pane once it finishes. It should still be listed under the tree on the left. Right click on it again. This time remove the check mark and apply to all subdirectories. Once it has finished, your files in the Users directory should reappear and Catalyst Control Center should function normally again. This has worked in all cases that I have encounterd so far. Hopefully this works for you as well..

Many thanks, that did indeed work under WIndows 7. Interesting as I did not have the malware you mentioned, to the best of my knowledge.

I was able to get around this by deleting everything associated with ccc.exe - catalyst control center and ATI. After doing a restore point to a version before windows 7 update. Dowloaded the drivers and everytthing needed to run my computer. Make sure you DO NOT download catalyst control center and you will not have to deal with the error message:Catalyst control center: Host application has stopped working. For some reason, the latest windows security update prevents the CCC.exe application from connecting to the internet and views this program as a security threat. Will it ever be addressed? Who knows, I just want to work on my computer without error messages. 

My rig:

AMD Athlon 7850 Dual- Core 2.8GHz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1

ATI Radeon HD 5870

8 GB Ram

1 TB Memory

Asus m3a76-cm motherboard