# WerFault.exe

Windows Process: Microsoft Corporation

Catalog search terms werfault, windows error reporting, fault handler

Windows, System Component

Windows Error Reporting fault handler. E dey start wen app crash so Windows fit collect report. E no bi di app wey crash.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na di crash reporter. Find di process wey die. No delete WerFault.

WerFault.exe na Windows Error Reporting. Na crash dey start am. High CPU for here usually na di report hang, no bi miner wey dem name Error.

- **E safe?**: Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.

  **Wetin make am dey here?**: Another process just fail

  **I suppose end am?**: Di report dialog go close

Feex tok say

If WerFault dey on top, I dey look di name for di dialog. Dat crashed app na im bi di story. To end WerFault dey only close di reporter.

## Wetin bi WerFault.exe?

WerFault.exe na di per-fault Windows Error Reporting host. Windows dey start copy for process wey dey crash.

## Wetin e dey do?

E fit show "has stopped working," collect dump, and hand over to wermgr.exe. E no bi Reliability Monitor imself.

## Wetin make am dey run?

App or system component just fault. Any WerFault wey stay for hours on top di same PID na stuck reporter.

## Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

`Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'WerFault.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List`

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the [file-identity guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/) to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

## E dey safe?

Check dis running file

System32 WerFault na WER. WerFault.exe beside game crack no bi Microsoft reporting.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

`C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe`

- Dey start afta crash
- Sibling: wermgr.exe
- Di crashed app na different image

## I fit end am?

Dey close di report UI

To end WerFault.exe dey dismiss di crash dialog. Di original app don already die or dey restart.

## I fit comot am?

No

No delete WerFault.exe. You fit off to dey send reports inside Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics. Dat one no bi di same as to delete di handler.

## E suppose start with Windows?

Na crashes dey start am. E no suppose bi Startup Apps entry.

## Measure resource use

| CPU and memory   | Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Disk and network | Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm) |

## File information

| Executable name            | WerFault.exe                                                                       |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recorded installation path | C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe                                                   |
| Publisher                  | Microsoft Corporation                                                              |
| Signature check            | Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm) |

## Common wahala dem

### WerFault on top loop

Di app dey crash inside restart loop. Repair dat app. To kill WerFault dey only hide di toast.

### Dem confuse am wit di crashed game

Di game image na still di faulting module. WerFault na di reporter.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### Reliability Monitor or Event Viewer

See di faulting application name. Dat na di fix target.

### No disable WER as first step

You go lose crash history wey you go want later.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | WerFault.exe   |
| ---------- | -------------- |
| Role       | WER fault host |

## Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[wermgr.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/wermgr.exe/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Check an executable path and digital signature: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/)[Windows processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/windows/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Microsoft Learn: Windows Error Reporting ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/wer/windows-error-reporting)· WerFault handler
- [Microsoft Support: Windows ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows)· Public support naming
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Sysinternals: Sigcheck ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sigcheck)· Dey explain how to check file signatures. Dis reference no establish the identity or safety of any particular running file.
- [Microsoft: Get-CimInstance ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/get-ciminstance)· Read-only local process-query method. (pcm)
- [Microsoft: Win32_Process properties ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-process)· Documents process IDs, executable paths, creation dates and parent-ID reuse. (pcm)

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Quick facts

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: WerFault.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe

  **Record context**: Feex Wiki reference entry

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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