Why is there a debug file on my computer and how to I fix it

Anonymous
2020-10-10T06:50:09+00:00

In the debug file it says [1010/132558.157:ERROR:directory_reader_win.cc(43)] FindFirstFile: The system cannot find the path specified. (0x3)

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-18T14:06:15+00:00

    After the latest Windows update and after opening the pdf file in Edge I've got the same error. Microsoft, please, fix it!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-18T09:14:40+00:00

    I don't know if this is related to any browser. I have this error when I try to open files on a local synchronised OneDrive folder while the OneDrive client is not running.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T12:35:12+00:00

    I can confirm that using edge, the file debug.log will be created if pdf files are opened or dowloaded using this browser, but i am not user, if it is just enougth opening one pdf to create the debug.log or more than one,

    and sometimes the browser stop working or there are any reactions and probably it is when the file is produced.

    Does anybody knows, if this problem is not so dangerous?

    Sure it must be fixed because is an error or bug, but it is not necesary to stop using the browser, right?

    or there are known security issues?

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  4. Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-10-16T11:50:39+00:00

    Thank you. Upvoted.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-16T01:56:07+00:00

    debug.log popped again.  I tried using rm .\debug.log in pwsh but it was being used by another process.  When I closed Google Chrome I was able to run rm .\debug.log and it removed the file.

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