Windows 10: Dwm.Exe error prevents windows from starting

Discus and support Dwm.Exe error prevents windows from starting in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; After the most recent Windows 10 update, I am unable to start up. I receive the error message Dam.Exe application error. I click OK and the computer... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Windscape, Jan 26, 2016.

  1. WINDSCAPE
    Windscape Win User

    Dwm.Exe error prevents windows from starting


    After the most recent Windows 10 update, I am unable to start up. I receive the error message
    Dam.Exe application error. I click OK and the computer is stuck on a gray screen. Nothing works.

    :)
     
    Windscape, Jan 26, 2016
    #1
  2. KILROY2963
    kilroy2963 Win User

    Windows 10 dwm.exe errors

    I am getting several dwm.exe errors during the course of the day. The computer does not crash or blue screen, I just see this error logged usually once or twice daily. This all seemed to start happening after the November update. I have run check disk, sfc
    /scannow, and check health command, all of which come back with no errors.

    So should I be worried about this and is there a fix?? Thanks!!

    Faulting application name: dwm.exe, version: 10.0.10586.0, time stamp: 0x5632d756

    Faulting module name: combase.dll, version: 10.0.10586.0, time stamp: 0x5632d3ca

    Exception code: 0xc0000005

    Fault offset: 0x0000000000067e5c

    Faulting process id: 0x1874

    Faulting application start time: 0x01d12d98bf1dbbaf

    Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\dwm.exe

    Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\combase.dll

    Report Id: 062699e7-8a77-44fa-8224-3d00f8e675e2

    Faulting package full name:

    Faulting package-relative application ID:
     
    kilroy2963, Jan 26, 2016
    #2
  3. ZACHD [MSFT]
    zachd [MSFT] Win User
    how to prevent dwm.exe from not working IN WINDOWS 10

    DWM is critical. You don't want to stop it. You also don't want it to fail. How is it failing for you and ... why? What are the crash details? What version of Windows 10 are you using?
     
    zachd [MSFT], Jan 26, 2016
    #3
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