The catalytic control center cannot be started. AMD Catalyst Control Center - what is it, why is it needed and how to work with it
A clean installation of Windows, as well as the installation of new hardware components in a PC, almost inevitably ends for the user with the need to search for and add drivers for various devices to the system. A video card, as one of the most important components of modern computers and laptops, requires the installation of components to be able to function properly almost in the first place. Owners of Radeon graphics adapters can hardly worry about this issue, because a powerful and functional tool has been created for them -.
Download and update AMD drivers via Catalyst Control Center
We can say that AMD Catalyst Control Center (CCC) is designed mainly to maintain the performance of video cards based on the AMD graphics processor at the proper level, which means that installing and keeping drivers up to date must be done using this software without any problems. In fact, this is true.
The CCC installer is now called Catalyst Software Suite. It cannot be downloaded from the official website for modern powerful video card models - for them the developers have created a new application: . Use it to install and update video card software.
Automatic installation
The driver package for Advanced Micro Devices graphics adapters is included in Catalyst Control Center and all the necessary components are added to the system when installing the application. In order to install the video adapter driver, just follow a few simple steps.
- Download the AMD Catalyst Control Center installer from the official website of the manufacturer in the technical support section. To obtain the required driver version, you need to determine the type, series and model of the graphics processor on which the video card is based.
After this, you will need to indicate the version and bitness of the operating system you are using.
The final step is to expand the tab and select Catalyst Software Suite.
- After the Catalyst installer is downloaded, we launch the installation.
The initial stage is the unpacking of the components necessary for the installer to work according to the path specified by the user.
- After unpacking, the Catalyst Installation Manager welcome window will automatically launch, in which you can select the language of the installer interface, as well as the Control Center components that will be installed along with the drivers.
- The CCC installation program “can” not only install the necessary components, but also remove them from the system. Therefore, a request for further operations appears. Press the button "Install",
which will bring up the following window.
- To begin the automatic installation of graphics adapter drivers and the Catalyst Control Center software package, set the installation type switch to "Fast" and press the button "Further".
- If you are installing AMD drivers and software for the first time, you will need to create a folder into which the components will be copied. The directory will be created automatically after clicking the button "Yes" in the corresponding request window. You will also need to accept the terms of the License Agreement by clicking the appropriate button.
- Before starting the file copying procedure, the system will be analyzed for the presence of a graphics adapter and its parameters for installing the latest version of drivers.
- The further process is fully automated,
you just need to wait for the installation to complete and click the button "Ready" in the final installer window.
- The final stage is a system reboot, which will begin immediately after pressing the button "Yes" in the request window for the operation.
- After the reboot, you can check whether the driver is present in the system by opening "Device Manager".
Driver Update
Software is developing at a fairly serious pace and AMD video card drivers are no exception. The manufacturer is constantly improving the software and therefore you should not neglect updates. In addition, Catalyst Control Center provides all the possibilities for this.
As you can see, despite the importance of drivers in the functioning of Advanced Micro Devices video cards, installing and updating them using Catalyst Control Center turns into a simple procedure, which usually does not cause difficulties even for novice users.
I assure you, friends, the automatic driver search program is also available on the website amd.com/ru.
If you have an ATi Radeon video card, then searching and installing a driver on the official AMD website is even easier than on the NVIDIA website. In this article, we will install the ATI video card driver automatically and manually.
Or try installing the driver automatically using the operating system itself or a special program, details in our article " "
To thoroughly understand this issue, here is what I suggest to you. One of my friends asked me to install drivers on his laptop, and so, he also has a video card, like our reader, ATi Radeon. Let's go with me through all the stages of automatically installing a driver on an ATi Radeon video card. We will also consider the question how to install ATI video card driver in manual mode. Also, we will analyze the errors that you may encounter during the driver installation process.
Let's go to the official website http://www.amd.com/ru. Without clicking, point the mouse at Drivers and support 
Then, if you want, you can select and download your driver manually on the left side of the window, for example, you have a laptop, so we select Notebook Graphics Desktop Graphics, then the series, product model and operating system, but you can make everything much simpler, namely, select the driver automatically, select Automatically Detect and Install And Download Now 
We save the driver installer in the folder we need.
The installer has downloaded, run it.
Our video card and the driver we need are automatically detected. Download .
In this place you may encounter errors, for example this “ Could not download file: Could not parse error" The issue is resolved very simply. Disable the antivirus while installing the ATI driver.
The previous window disappears and the installation of the ATi Radeon video card driver into our operating system begins.
Click Install.
Initial ATI driver installation window. Further .
Install.
I advise you to select Quick installation.
We accept the user agreement.
The driver and related services are installed.
That's all.
If any of the readers want install ATI video card driver manually, then it is a little more complicated and you must know the series and model of your video card. , you can find out in this article.
On the official AMD website, without simply clicking, point the mouse at Support and Drivers and select the driver we need from the drop-down menu. If we need a driver for a laptop, choose Notebook Graphics, if you have a simple computer, choose Desktop Graphics, then the series, product model and operating system, then click the DISPLAY RESULTS button (view the result).
First of all, we are offered to download the Verification Tool - AMD Mobility Radeon™ Driver Verification Tool, which will give the result of the compatibility of the driver we are downloading and our operating system, if the verification is successful, then click just below Download and download your driver, then install.
Friends, if you have the latest Windows 8.1 operating system installed on your laptop, then it is quite possible that drivers will not be found on this site due to the features of switchable graphics and the search result will be like this. That is, you are offered to go to the official website of your laptop and download drivers there, which is also quite simple.
On laptops with switchable graphics, many users have problems installing drivers after reinstalling the operating system.
The most common combination of switchable Intel + ATI graphics on laptops is found. That is, an integrated video card from Intel and a discrete one from ATi Radeon. Firstly, you need to know that the Windows XP operating system does not support switching video cards.
If, after reinstalling the operating system, you do not install drivers for your ATi Radeon video card, then you are not installing the drivers in the correct order. First of all, you need to install the driver on the motherboard chipset, get it from the official website of your laptop (all the drivers are there), then install the driver for the Intel graphics card, get the driver there, and only lastly install the driver on the discrete ATi Radeon card.
Detailed information here
http://forum.radeon.ru/viewtopic.php?p=857822
and further
http://www.ixbt.com/portopc/ati-graphics.shtml
Whatever the technical characteristics and power of the video card installed in a PC or laptop, its performance and demonstrated performance indicators directly depend on one of the most important software components of any system -. For graphics adapters manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices Inc, the most correct and effective method to resolve all issues with drivers is to use.
Download and update AMD drivers via Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition
Actually, keeping video adapter drivers up to date is the primary task assigned to the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition software package by the developers.
Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition— the name of the software that replaced it Radeon Software Crimson. This is the same application, but of a different generation. The Crimson driver is no longer relevant!
Automatic installation
The easiest and most correct way to get the latest driver for an AMD video card is to install the manufacturer’s proprietary software into the system. AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition contains the necessary components of the latest version at the time of download from the official website, so in order for the current graphics adapter driver to be installed, just follow a few simple steps.
- Download the Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition installer from the Advanced Micro Devices technical support site by selecting the type and model line of the GPU on which the video card is based in the drop-down lists.
Find your version and bitness of the operating system and expand the tab to the plus sign.
In the list of suggested software, find Radeon Software, click "Download". In some cases, there are 2 such files - based on the application revision number and release date. A newer driver may be unstable on some PCs, for this reason the service offers a previous version that you can roll back to if problems arise.
- Let's launch the installer. It will immediately begin automatically scanning your system hardware components for the presence of an AMD GPU-based video card.
- After identifying the video card, if the components necessary for normal operation are missing
or the possibility of updating them, a corresponding message will be displayed.
- Press the button "Express installation" and monitor the installation process of all the necessary components.
- The final stage of installing AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition, and therefore all the necessary components for the graphics adapter to work, is to reboot the system. Press the button "Reboot Now".
- After the reboot, we get a video card with the latest driver installed.
During the installation of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, the screen may go dark several times. Don't worry - this is how the graphics adapter is initialized with the new driver.
Driver Update
Over time, any software becomes outdated and requires updating. With AMD Radeon Software Crimson, updating the system components necessary for the proper functioning of the graphics adapter is very simple, because the developers have provided all the options.
Reinstalling the AMD driver, rolling back the version
If there is a need to reinstall AMD video card drivers, removing all previously installed components and clearing the system of data accumulated during the operation of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, you will need the application installer. In addition, by following the steps below, you can revert to the previous version of the driver if the updated version does not work correctly. There is no need to remove already installed software and drivers before reinstalling! The installer will do this automatically.
Thus, we can state that all issues with drivers of modern AMD video cards are quite easily resolved using the manufacturer’s proprietary software. The processes of installing, updating and reinstalling Advanced Micro Devices graphics adapter drivers are almost completely automated, which gives the user the opportunity not to waste time and effort searching for the right solution.
Instructions
This program is included with the video card. But quite often there are older versions of it on the disk. Therefore, it is better to download the latest version from the Internet. There are two download options - from the developer’s website, that is, from the AMD/ATI website, or from the website of the manufacturer of your video card. It is better to download from the manufacturer’s website, since there the Control Center is adapted specifically for your video card model, and the driver from the AMD/ATI website is more universal.
Also, to install Control Center, you will need additional software, without which the application will not work correctly, namely the Microsoft application. NET Framework 4.0. Download it and install it on your computer.
After you install Microsoft. NET Framework, you can install Catalyst Control Center itself directly. As a rule, the program is downloaded in an archive. Unzip it to any folder. After unzipping, in the Control Center root folder, open the bin folder. Next, double-click on the InstallManagerApp file with the left mouse button, and the installation process will take place automatically. All you need to do is check “Full” at the time of installation. Then restart your computer, after which the program will be ready to work.
To launch the program, right-click on an empty area of the desktop. In the appeared context menu select Catalyst Control Center. After the first launch, the basic program window will appear. Check "Advanced" and proceed further. A new window will open in which you can select the section with the parameters you need and configure them.
If when clicking right click mouse on the desktop, the Control Center line does not appear in the context menu, then, most likely, the program has not been integrated into this menu. In this case, it can be launched in the usual way. To do this, click “Start”, then “All Programs”. Find Control Center in the list of programs and launch it.
Each computer device, for example, a sound card, keyboard, printer, etc. have your own driver. If it is disabled, the device will not work. Launch driver can be done from the Task Manager.
Instructions
In the window that opens, right-click on an empty space and select “Properties” from the menu that appears. The “System” window will open in front of you.
The operating system will display a window asking whether to open the Task Manager, click “Ok”. At this point, you may be required to enter an administrator password.
Video on the topic
The most convenient and fastest way to access the application is to launch the program from the desktop. There is no need to open drives or folders. All you need is just a double click of the left mouse button, and the program of your choice will be launched.
Instructions
First, you need to open the system disk of your hard drive. The system drive is the one on which the operating system is installed (drive C by default). If you open it for the first time and are using Windows XP, a notification will appear that the disk contains files necessary for the operation of the operating system, the contents of which cannot be changed. In fact, it’s okay, because no one will experiment with system files. On Windows 7 and Vista, the notification will not appear.
On this drive you need to find the Program Files folder. It is in this directory that all programs are installed by default. Open it and you will see the program root folders. In this list, find the folder with the name of the application that you want to launch from your desktop.
News has appeared on the AMD website about the release of Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update. Many users have replaced the Catalyst Control Center operating program with a new product, hoping to get a more effective video card control panel. However, most users encountered the error: “Radeon Setting: Host Application has stopped working.”
What to do in this case and how to fix the problem?
Solving the problem
In order for the program to work correctly, before installing Radeon Software Crimson Edition, you should completely remove the drivers for the video card and the Catalyst Control Center software. To do this, you can use the Display Driver Uninstaller utility and perform cleaning using Revo Installer. We also recommend installing Microsoft.NET Framework version 4.5.1.
After removing and updating the frameworks, we launch the installation of Radeon Software Crimson Edition. We select the components that are necessary for the correct operation of the video card.
If the installation is successful, the system will ask you to restart the PC. Select "Restart now".
After the reboot, launch the program and look at the menu. Instead of three sections, there are now five: Games, Video, System, Display and Eyefinity.
If you go to the “Games” tab, you can see the entertainment already installed. You can also add a new game.
To adjust game playback, graphics, frame rate, etc., click on the game icon. A simple and intuitive interface will appear.
We select settings in accordance with the power of our video card and the capabilities of the game.
If you switch from the “Global Settings” mode to the “One Drive Settings”, you can customize overclocking for a specific game.
Thus, if you want the “Radeon Setting: Host Application has stopped working” error to disappear, you should install the program correctly. However, in a series of tests, this method did not help some users. The AMD website reported that in the next update all program defects will be eliminated.
