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Program or background process popup keeps appearing
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Anonymous
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
2018-08-14T23:00:54+00:00 Hi MOJayhawker,
This might be caused by a corrupted app or system component. To isolate the issue, kindly perform the following:
- Clean boot - A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs.
- Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10 - Sometimes, a corrupted user profile causes performance issues. Try creating a temporary profile to check if the issue persists.
If it persists, there is a possibility a that corrupted system component is causing the issue, try running the System File Checker (SFC). This is a utility in Windows 10 that checks for system file corruption.
Update us with the results.
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Anonymous
2018-08-15T20:10:25+00:00 Running system file checker in my regular account with all services on does not show any issues. I tried running it in safe mode, during a clean boot, and under a different login account and sfc scan will not run. The message I get on the PowerShell admin is "Windows resource protection could not start the repair service."
So I'm back where I started, a nonsense annoying popup.
FYI: THis is a picture of what the popup looks like. Might help someone solve this.
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Anonymous
2018-08-16T00:07:33+00:00 Thank you for the prompt response. To get a detailed information regarding the screenshot that you've provided, let's check that in Event Viewer. Please type Event Viewer in Cortana > Click the Event Viewer app > Double click Windows Logs > Applications. Look for any errors and check the time that they appeared. Click the error/s and you will see information under the General and Details tab at the lower part of the screen. Kindly send us a screenshot. If there's a personal information, kindly remove/hide it. Should look like this:
I'll be waiting for your response.