What is CSISYN~1.EXE?

CSISYN~1.EXE is part of Microsoft Office 2013 and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the CSISYN~1.EXE version information.

CSISYN~1.EXE's description is "Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface"

CSISYN~1.EXE is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

CSISYN~1.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE15\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about CSISYN~1.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CSISYN~1.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Office 2013
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface
Internal nameCsi Sync Client Interface Dll
Original filenameCsiSyncClient
Product version15.0.4420.1017
File version15.0.4420.1017

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft Office 2013
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Office Document Cache Sync..
Internal nameCsi Sync Client Interface Dll
Original filenameCsiSyncClient
Product version15.0.4420.1017
File version15.0.4420.1017

Digital signatures [?]

CSISYN~1.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number3300000088590e3c511fe26a67000100000088

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CSISYN~1.EXE file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the CSISYN~1.EXE file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD529e85592be8d93c7c1698bf11008abd6
SHA25697abd6b59b05c8574a19d3693fc12fa9c1721b6a2903190251a501f1266f8cce

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to csisyn~1.exe:

csisyn~1.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

csisyn~1.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface has stopped working.

End Program - csisyn~1.exe. This program is not responding.

csisyn~1.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

csisyn~1.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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User vote results: There were 74 votes to remove and 6 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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Dane writes

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I have a new HP Elite notebook. CSISN 1.exe*32 starts multiplying how many times it is running until it completely takes up all processes and uses 100% CPU and doesn't really allow anything to run on the laptop or run extrememly slowly. If I restart the laptop they diappear and slowly overtime, 20 minutes it does the same thing again. What needs to happen to prevent this?

# 16 Jun 2014, 17:15

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Dane: Found a forum thread where a user suggests that the problem can be solved by uninstalling SkyDrive or OneDrive:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-office_storage/csisyncclientexe-consuming-cpu-on-win-81-microsoft/1c0954ff-0588-4211-9e5b-bd91081d61f6?page=2

# 24 Jun 2014, 8:28

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