Program or background process popup keeps appearing

Anonymous
2018-08-14T17:13:21+00:00

For days I've been getting this popup window on my Windows 10 Build 1803 computer:

"The program or a background process quit unexpectedly. Would you like to send information to a developer?"

It occurs intermittently, often every 5-10 minutes, and is EXTREMELY annoying. When I click on it, it disappears with no results but keeps reappearing. I cannot figure out what program is causing this as all programs I use are accounted for. The machine has been scanned several times and there is no sign of virus or malware. There have been no new programs installed and Windows and all drivers are current. It's a total loss to me what this is. 

Anyone have any idea?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2018-10-16T04:58:19+00:00

The newest build of System Mechanic - version 18.02.486 -- released in mid-October 2018 finally puts an end to this most irritating problem.

It appears to be safe to use System Mechanic again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-09-04T16:06:58+00:00

    I changed the "Do not run" settings and it worked great for about a week, then the popup showed up again. I think I'm just going to uninstall System Mechanic and see if that works.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-09-04T01:29:54+00:00

    Do Not Run did not work for me either. Just waiting for the update. What a pain.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-09-04T00:39:59+00:00

    p115

    I tried the Active Care "Do Not Run" fix and it did not work for me. So I am just waiting for the update and have my fingers crossed that it will work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-09-03T16:38:17+00:00

    Same Problem

    My Event says. 

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC 2

    Date:          5/16/2018 05:27:14 PM

    Event ID:      4104

    Task Category: Cluster

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Computer:      Pauls-pc

    Description:

    Failed trying to get the state of the cluster node: .The error code returned: 0x8007085A

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

      <System>

        <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC 2" Guid="{5D9E0020-3761-4f36-90C8-38CE6511BD12}" EventSourceName="MSDTC 2" />

        <EventID Qualifiers="16384">4104</EventID>

        <Version>0</Version>

        <Level>2</Level>

        <Task>14</Task>

        <Opcode>0</Opcode>

        <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

        <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-05-16T22:27:14.371274300Z" />

        <EventRecordID>35</EventRecordID>

        <Correlation />

        <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

        <Channel>Application</Channel>

        <Computer>Pauls-pc</Computer>

        <Security />

      </System>

      <EventData>

        <Data Name="param1">

        </Data>

        <Data Name="param2">0x8007085A</Data>

      </EventData>

    </Event>

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