What is WerFault.exe? Is it OK to stop? Introduce how to stop!

What is WerFault.exe?

Windows computers run various services in the background.There are a variety of services that are running, from what you need to what you don't need, but you can turn off services that you don't need to, so you can make Windows work better.

This time I'm going to introduce you to WerFault.exe.

WerFault.exe is an error reporting program that reports application errors that occur on Windows to Microsoft.When an application is running and the application drops, a window like "Report this issue to Microsoft" appears, which is due to this WerFault.exe.

Is it OK to stop WerFault.exe?

Some of you may be wondering if WerFault.exe is a process that can be stopped.WerFault.exe is a process that cannot be deleted but can be stopped.

You don't necessarily need to report an application error, so if you find it depressing to see "Report this issue to Microsoft" every time you see an application error, you might want to stop.

How to Stop WerFault.exe
This section describes how to stop WerFault.exe in Windows 10.

The service "Windows Error Reporting Service" is responsible for reporting application errors, but simply disabling it will leave WerFault.exe running, so you need to change the setting to not start to stop WerFault.exe.

The path to WerFault.exe is "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe" in 64-bit environments and "C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe" in 32-bit environments.

You can change the access rights of this WerFault.exe to stop it, but it is a system file and cannot be accessed as it is.
You must click the Start button in the lower left corner of the desktop to open the Start menu, expand the Windows System Tools folder from All Apps, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as Administrator to access WerFault.exe using the command prompt.

Click the Start button at the bottom left of the desktop to open the Start menu, expand the Windows System Tools folder from All Apps, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as Administrator.
Type the command "takeown/f C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe" when the command prompt starts, type the command "takeown/f C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe" and press Enter.

Success: File (or folder): "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe" is currently owned by user "username" is OK.
takeown /f C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
Right-click WerFault.exe to open properties, click Edit on the Security tab, select a user, check Deny in the Permissions column, click OK, right-click WerFault.exe to open properties, select a user, check Deny in the Permissions column, and click OK to disable WerFault.exe.