Dr. Watson files?

[envirossf]

Hi Everyone,

 

I've got a problem deleting a string that shows up when I analyze and attempt to clean. The line is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\user.dmp 0.15MB. No matter how I try, I can't get CCleaner to delete it. Any ideas, suggestions, links, etc., would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help.

[Glenn]

Are you running CCleaner as a user with admin rights?

 

Can you manually delete the file?

[envirossf]

Thanks for replying Glen. I manually deleted the file twice and it reappeared upon reboot. I finally used system restore, found a point before the file appeared and stayed there. Rebooted, ran CCleaner and file is gone.

[Glenn]

Dr Watson\user.dmp is a crash dump file. Was a program crashing?

 

Note that if you don't use the dump file to debug, you can disable it in the Dr Watson settings panel.

[billandrose]

check this out: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308538 (to do with Dr Watson) it's a MS program

[unsober]

Dr Watson caused a lot of problems with me a few weeks ago.. a program crashed, and Dr Watson kept popping up after that.. it wouldn't go away, I thought it was a virus or something.. it would always randomly appear in my proccesses

had to reboot in safe mode and disable it it's a weird program. it's a good idea to turn it off