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
    2018-08-27T04:51:09+00:00

    Yep it IS System Mechanic  Same issue on both PC and Laptop and you can trigger the popup by opening System Mechanic.

    Only started a few weeks ago. On the Laptop an icon pops up briefly in the tray but as someone said as soon as touch anything goes away.  I wasn't sure what the graphic on the icon was but its System Mechanic.

    The ESSEN 916 info in the event log seems unrelated.  On other forums, it has been an unresolved issue since 2017 but folks are just seeing it in the log but not getting the popup as described by most here. 

    As is often the case some of us don't have the time to be geeks and try all the more difficult solutions or even going to the extreme of reinstalling Windows.  Usually, it's a simple answer - in this case, appears to be a System Mechanics issue after all else was tried by great folks here until someone came up with the SM which I have confirmed on both my computers. 

    It only becomes simple when someone finds it and share with others as on this thread.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T22:09:00+00:00

    I'll have to look into that,cathycaz. I never noticed it popping up but I wasn't looking either. I am thinking of uninstalling Iolo and seeing if that helps. 

    Ironically, as quickly as it started, it has stopped. So, I'll wait and see if it returns. I'm sure it will since it always does. 

    And these are all great suggestions, everyone! Thanks for all your help! :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T18:10:18+00:00

    Disregard my last post regarding Express Scribe. I just Googled "EseDiskFlushConsistency" and I'm getting a lot of hits on the problem. Doing research.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T18:06:59+00:00

    I'm having the same problem and errors in the Event Log. I also have System Mechanic and in the process of reinstalling it, but I'm wondering if this has to do with a program called Express Scribe. It's transcription software. Do any of you have this on your PCs as well? The reason I suspect it might be related is because the errors in the Event Viewer say "DllHost (4864,G,98) The beta feature EseDiskFlushConsistency is enabled in ESENT due to the beta site mode settings 0x800000."

    The installation file for Express Scribe is "essetup.exe". Seems awfully coincidental, starting with "ES".

    Thanks.

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