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Wireshark may also be useful if the application appears to be hanging as a result of network activity. Maybe a few dumps using procdump when it has hung would also be good. Run Windows Performance Analyzer (Part of the SDK) to capture a ETL trace of the issue.Ĥ. Run Process Monitor of course but also add profiling events every 100 ms.ģ. Hopefully this will give you thread IDs and possibly PIDs if needed in the logs of the application assuming itĢ. You might need to consult with Support of the application in question. Enable as much trace logging of the application in question. I would suggest the following logs should cover everything:ġ.

When the computer boots up, launch Process Monitor, click on Options > Enable Boot Logging and click on OK in the resulting popup, and Process Monitor should be able to successfully enable Boot Logging this time.You may need more than just Process Monitor unless you have a really good understanding of the application in question.

If you are not asked to confirm the action or provide authentication, simply skip this step.

If you are asked to confirm the action or provide your password to give the administrative action the go-ahead, do whatever is asked of you.

Rename the file to PROCMON23_old.sys and press Enter to save the name.

In the File Explorer window that opens up next, locate a file named sys, right-click on it and click on Rename.

Type the following into the Run dialog and press Enter:.

Press the Windows Logo key + R to open a Run.

Thankfully, though, this problem can be fixed pretty easily – all you need to do is:

This issue has been confirmed to affect all currently available builds of Windows 10, which makes it all the more significant. In actuality, Windows 10 already has a file titled PROCMON23.sys in the same directory, so when Process Monitor tries to create the file in that very directory, it fails and consequently displays the error message described above. The error message doesn’t provide affected users with a lot of information, only that Process Monitor was unable to create or write to a file named PROCMON23.sys and that the cause may be the user not having permission to write to the directory in which this file is located or is supposed to be located.