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
    2018-08-25T18:06:59+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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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-23T15:18:59+00:00

    I have this problem. The popup window first appeared after I installed System Mechanic. A System Mechanic uninstall followed by reinstall reportedly fixed the problem for one person who posted at https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/115923-crash-logs-pop-up.html, but that didn't work for me. The popup window continues to appear frequently. I see no mention of the problem on the System Mechanic support page. I will post a question there and see if they are aware of the problem and have a fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-22T13:06:50+00:00

    I've had System Mechanic installed for years and never got that message until a month ago. But anything is possible with this issue, it seems. So I'll check it out. Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-21T17:31:58+00:00

    In my case that message was sended by System Mechanic

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