Disable msfeedsync.exe (Windows XP)

MSFeedSync.exe is an executable file used by the Windows Internet Explorer 7 web browser to periodically update in-browser RSS feeds. It only appears in the Windows Task Manager if IE7 is running. In addition it only appears from time to time and isn’t in "always on" state.

If you use the IE7 feature to read feeds in-browser, you need this enabled in order for it to work. However if you use another feed reader (such as Google Reader, Bloglines, RSS Bandit, FeedDemon, Thunderbird, etc.) you can safely disable this.

To disable:

1. Go to Control Panel.

2. Double-click Internet Options.

3. Click Content tab.

4. Click the Settings button under Feeds. See image below for example.

5. Uncheck Automatically check feeds for updates. See below for example.

That’s it. Click OK a few times to exit.

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Pieter
Thanks, straight forward thing, but useful to have it pointed out !
me
i recently created a webpage on my pc not yet published, and inside have a feed from my blog in an iframe, so i guess IE7 turned on this RSS feed viewer thingy. But ever since i keep noticing msfeedsync.exe trying to access the trusted zone on my fire wall, keeps poping up every 30mins even when there is no feed to be viewed. dam thing…
S Lucas
There is no reference to Feeds at the above mentioned location.
To disable:
1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options.
3. Click Content tab.
4. Click the Settings button under Feeds. See image below for example.
Any other suggestions ??