Unknown software exception occurred in the application at location

It's very weird because we didn't have any updating or software installing. As OS is windows and no issues till now, few preliminary check points will getout of this issue. This process will take some time Beginning verification phase of system scan. Browse Community. Systems Management General.

Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. A Clean Boot helps users fix various Windows device driver related problems.

Hence, if you have recently updated your PC to a newer version and you have some very old device drivers, perform a Clen Boot and try to troubleshoot the issue manually. System File Checker is a command line tool that can be used to get back corrupted system protected files.

It is possible to restore protected files from cached version if it finds any corrupted files, folders or registry keys. To run this tool you need to open Command Prompt with administrator privileges and execute this command-.

If you have suddenly started getting this error without updating your system or installing any driver, you can make use of System Restore Point to go back to a good point. I understand that you are getting an error message while shutting down the computer. The error message appears when there is some issue with. Net framework. What is the make and model of your computer? Also install al the Windows updates available. Perform clean boot and check if the error appears.

Clean boot will help us identify if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. Type command prompt in the Search charms. Right click on it and click on Run as administrator.

Note: The root drive has to be C: and the command may schedule a task at the system startup, if it does, then press Y to schedule a task and restart the computer to perform chkdsk. Check Disk Disclaimer: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

Once Check Disk completes, boot the computer and then check if fixes the error. Hope the information provided is helpful. Do reply, if you need further help. Was this reply helpful?

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