Thursday, 31 October 2019

windows 7 - How do I identify the process that owns a spurious dialog box?


A spurious dialog box (informative, no?) keeps popping up on reboot.


What's an easy way to figure out what clearly-very-well-coded-piece-of-software threw it up there? I've reduced the startup list to a minimal list to no avail.


error box



Answer



Sysinternals Process Explorer has this feature in the form of a crosshair that you drag over any window or widget. Click the "crosshair button" and drag to the window, then release.


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