Windows 10: Windows 10 Application being closed repeatedly by outsides source

Hi,


I have been chasing an issue for weeks that some of my users have been encountering, and have not been able to find a resolution. Seemingly at random times the same voip/collaboration application is being closed. This is not a crash in the traditional sense, as there is no crash detected, and no dump file generated. The logs of the application itself show no issues and it appears to be functioning completely normally up until the moment it is closed.


We have checked for corruption by running the sfc scan, and DISM checks. We have also run the built-in troubleshooters for Windows updates, and power settings. The windows event viewer logs have also been analyzed but no pattern has emerged that regularly lines up with the events.


Where else should we be looking? Is there an easy way to audit what is causing our application to close?

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
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credit to Lifehacker.

 

Source to use for DISM on Windows 10

This is not completely true. The suggestion is to download the Techbench version and use DISM to apply to install.wim directly. However, you can also use the version download from MCT except it will involve an extra step as follows:

1. Use the latest version of 7-Zip to extract the content of install.esd. For example: to a folder xxx on the desktop
2. From Admin command prompt:
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xxx\windows /LimitAccess

See screen shot, the contents of install.wim and install.esd are exactly the same.

 

Programs Not Responding repeatedly even after resetting Windows 10

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