I've seen these files on two PCs of mine that don't have VSCode. And several times when I tried to delete the file, it says that Edge has the file locked, so it definitely seems browser-originated.
Why is there a debug file on my computer and how to I fix it
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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2020-10-15T21:23:04+00:00 [1011/110838.410:ERROR:directory_reader_win.cc(43)] FindFirstFile: Le chemin d’accès spécifié est introuvable. (0x3)
I am amazed that so many people have the same problem and that so many "specialists" are not the slightest beginning of a solution!
Everyone sleeps at Micosoft ??
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Anonymous
2020-10-15T19:57:27+00:00 Does anyone hitting the issue have Visual Studio code installed?
I do, but as discussed at https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/vs-code-creating-debuglog-file-all-the-time/0b7640b2-7a22-40ad-b137-d255c90d43a4 the debug.log files appear even when I haven't used VSCode that day, and in other locations such as the Desktop.
I can't exclude the possibility that VSCode is involved, but the connection may just be that the Git integration just highlights the debug.log files. That is how I first noticed, but now I've seen them in other locations.
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Anonymous
2020-10-15T15:35:12+00:00 Yes, i can confirm that using Edge probably generates the debug.log,
i have found it in 2 computers, at home and the office, both windows 10.
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Anonymous
2020-10-15T14:09:38+00:00 All the browsers I've seen mentioned in any of these threads -- there are many in the last week or so, just search for the exact "FindFirstFile" error message and you'll find a bunch -- are based on Chromium, the open-source engine that powers Chrome. Brave, Chrome, the new MS Edge, your Opera, all of them are built on top of Chromium. That strongly suggests that a bug was recently introduced to Chromium that's causing this.