In the Windows operating system, service or process malfunction may occur intermittently.
This is due to many factors, but the main is the pirated assembly. In this article, we will explain how to fix the WerFault.exe application error.
But beyond that, let us see what this application is and what role it plays in the system.
Users of the operating system often encounter a Werfault.exe application error and do not know how to fix it.
The first thought that occurs to a newbie is the presence of viruses on the computer. But the reason may be as in the third-party programs that were installed.
In this article, we will look at how to resolve the Werfault.exe Windows 10 application error in a few steps.
But first, you need to figure out what kind of program it is. We immediately say that the Werfault.exe application error was encountered on the Windows 7 operating system, and is found on Windows 10.
First of all, we recommend installing the latest system updates.
If we talk about the operating system Windows 7, it can help get rid of the application error without using the suggested methods.
Content:
1 Werfault.exe what is it
2 How to troubleshoot Werfault.exe application error Windows 10
3 How to disable the Werfault.exe service
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Werfault.exe what is it
To begin with, it will be wise to understand the application itself, because you need to know what we are dealing with.
So, Werfault.exe is a special Windows service developed directly by Microsoft. Its main task is to collect reports on all system failures that occur.
Information about them is collected in a special file on the disk and can be not only read by the user but also sent to Microsoft technical support.
Werfault.exe monitors error messages and sends error data to Microsoft. That, in turn, allows Microsoft to quickly solve problems in the operating system using the following updates.
This technology has been used since the days of the Windows Vista operating system.
It was not for nothing that at the beginning of the article we said that errors often happen because the user uses an unlicensed version of the operating system.
So, in such builds, reports are not sent (for obvious reasons) and the Werfault.exe service is unstable.
Most often, the Werfault.exe application error appears when the computer starts or when the installed programs start.
How to fix werfault.exe application error windows 10
The service or process, like anyone, runs in the background and only starts if a system crashes.
She collects information about this to everyone and places it in a special report.
Often only one process works, and in this case, the load on the system is minimal.
But in some cases, several can be started at once, which leads to overloading of the central process and causes an error of the Werfault.exe application. How to eliminate it, we now will tell.
The first thing to do to troubleshoot the Werfault.exe application error on the computer is to make a diagnostic system start, which only loads the main drivers and starts the main services.
A diagnostic start is something similar to running the system in safe mode.
- Run the Msconfig command in the Win + R window.
- In the general tab, select the Diagnostic start item and click OK to apply the changes.
If you ask what it will give us, then everything is simple.
The next time the system is restarted, if the error of the Werfault.exe application disappears, this means that the problem lies in the installed programs.
If not, then it will be a little more difficult. Do not forget to disable diagnostic system startup in the future. So, we analyze two cases:
The first case
The error does not appear after the diagnostic system startup.
The first thing we check your operating system for viruses or malware in any way.
If you are using the latest version of the Windows 10 operating system, then you can even use Windows antivirus protection tool.
Then you need to clean the computer from the tails of remote programs. To do this, you can use specialized programs, such as CCleaner.
Next, to solve the problem, you need to remove unnecessary programs.
It should start with the ones you installed last. To do this, you can also use CCleaner or the built-in tool for removing Windows 10 programs.
The second case
The error also appears during diagnostic system startup.
Here you need to check to verify the integrity of Windows 10 system files.
- Run the command prompt as administrator.
- Run the sfc / scannow command and wait for the process to complete.
After the process is completed, you will receive data on the results of the verification. If problems are found, then the system will automatically repair them.
The second way for this case is to roll back the system to the previous version or to completely reset the operating system settings since not everyone will be able to restore the previous version.
This method is relevant in cases where after the update, for example, to Windows 10, this error appeared.
How to disable the service Werfault.exe
If nothing has helped and you do not want to do a reset, then you can try to disable the application service completely.
In the Windows 10 operating system, due to repeated updates, the service is displayed as a Windows information collector whose name is WerSvc.exe.
If we talk about previous versions, such as Windows 7, then you can come across the name Windows Error Reporting Service.
- Run the services.msc command in the Win + R window.
- In the list of services, we are looking for the WerSvc.exe or Werfault.exe service (whose display name is Windows Information Collector or Windows Error Reporting Service).
- Open the service and change its startup type to Disabled.
Disabling the service on the Windows 10 operating system helps very rarely, this method is more suitable for users of the Windows 7 operating system.
Therefore, if the application error has not disappeared, then you still have to use the method suggested above.
Findings
Werfault.exe application error is very common for both Windows 10 users and previous operating systems. Therefore, we have collected ways to solve the problem so that you can fix the error yourself.
