What is the "dwwin.exe" ? Variant 17793606

Our database contains 201 different files for filename dwwin.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dwwin.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dwwin.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft Application Error Reporting and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Application Error Reporting. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dwwin.exe.

dwwin.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Version:
10.0.5815.0
MD5:
b495a0e719f35c0239494ca6b05582d3
SHA1:
79e6fba8f5af1f0d2ebd94f0f321acf1f48c35c8
SHA256:
c8000e947b0beb6e93599974dbb5d81fa8bdc0e537a97f7a4b184aeadd1f52bd
Size:
208896
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

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User Reviews of the "dwwin.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 17793606)

    This executable is in most cases an integral part of the MS Windows, located in the System32 directory. This file servers as the Windows Error Reporting - a crash reporting technology introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP.
    From Microsoft MSDN pages :
    "By using Windows Error Reporting, Windows can send descriptions of problems on your server to Microsoft and look for steps you can take to solve them. Windows Error Reporting is enabled by default." - check more on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754364.aspx
    What Wikipedia states about this functionality :
    "Windows Error Reporting collects and offers to send post-error debug information (a memory dump) using the Internet to the developer of an application that crashes or stops responding on a user's desktop. No data is sent without the user's consent." - check more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Error_Reporting
    This functionality can be configured and disabled, check the process on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb219076(v=office.12).aspx