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Runs in your browserPaste an Event Viewer entry (the General tab text) or the technical details from Reliability Monitor and get it in plain English: which program or driver failed, what the code means, and what to try in order. Works for application crashes, blue screens, service failures and unexpected restarts.
Press Windows + R, type eventvwr.msc and press Enter.
In the left pane open Windows Logs, then Application for program crashes or System for blue screens and restarts. Look for these:
To narrow the list, right-click the log, choose Filter Current Log and type the Event ID.
Click the event so it shows in the bottom pane. In the right-hand Actions pane choose Copy then Copy Details as Text. Or open the General tab, click in the text and press Ctrl + A then Ctrl + C.
It shows crashes on a timeline with a red X on each day. Open it with this, click a day, double-click the failure, then choose Copy to clipboard under Technical Details.
perfmon /relThese copy the most recent program crash or blue screen to your clipboard.
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='Application'; Id=1000} -MaxEvents 3 | Format-List TimeCreated, Message | clipGet-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='System'; Id=1001} -MaxEvents 3 | Format-List TimeCreated, Message | clipPaste the text into the Event or crash details box and run the tool.
Nothing listed? If there is no Event ID 1000 the program may have closed without logging. Try the Reliability Monitor, which also records failed updates and installs.
Blue screen dump files. Files in C:\Windows\Minidump are binary and cannot be pasted. Use the BugCheck event text from Event Viewer instead. It holds the stop code.
Privacy. Event text can contain your computer name, user name and file paths. This tool reads the text in your browser and never uploads it. Remove personal details before sharing it elsewhere.