What is drwatsons postmortem dubugger and what is it doing on my pc? is it dangerous and where is it from? ty!

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What is drwatsons postmortem dubugger and what is it doing on my pc? is it dangerous and where is it from? thankyou in advance. I was opening a folder and an error appeared. i pressed cancel and then another error came up under the title of drwatsons postmortem dubugger. wierd.

Answer 1

It's a legitimate troubleshooting tool built into Windows.
Supposedly, it's really meant to help programmers figure
out why their applications crash - it somehow provides
error messages that clue them in to where they need to fix
their code.