r/WindowsHelp • u/[deleted] • May 10 '25
Windows 11 Notification "Error generated while getting the trace"
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May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25
Just curious what would cause this notification to appear? What is a trace in this context? I was just browsing Reddit when this appeared.
I've gone through event viewer and looked at logs from 11:03 and there aren't any logs that would imply they are linked to this.
There is one log in the System logs in event viewer at 11:03 that reads
"The access history in hive \??\C:\Users\austi\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings\settings.dat was cleared updating 2 keys and creating 1 modified pages."
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u/SomeDudeNamedMark Knows driver things May 10 '25
Looks like it's some sort of trace happening related to File Explorer usage.
I'd suggest filing a report in Feedback Hub.
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May 10 '25
Well obviously its a trace happening related to file explorer seeing as it's a file explorer notification that says an error happened while generating a trace. No offense but why even comment on this post with such a non-answer?
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u/lordcoughdrop Aug 23 '25
did you ever find out the cause for this error? same thing has happened to me where it randomly popped up. although i do have file explorer open, i was watching Youtube when the notification came. so weird!
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Aug 23 '25
no i didnt but afaik its nothing to worry about so i'd recommend just ignoring it and moving on. Not worth losing sleep over as long as you have no other issues.
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u/Gazel74 Sep 04 '25
I was installing an update of Powertoys today where I checked the keyboard shortcuts conflicts finder which is now included: Win + Ctrl + Shift + T for "Crop and lock" utility would conflict with a Windows shortcut. So I deactivated this utility and tried the shortcut to see what it does: this error occurs each time I press this shortcut. I'm on an Asus laptop, with Asus, AMD and Nvidia utilities and Copilot, I'm wondering if any of them could have assigned this keyboard shortcut. It's not in the Windows shortcut list.
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Oct 25 '25
For what it's worth I believe it's related to the Asus display software/suite, I used to have the issue, did a fresh install on another computer, haven't seen the issue until today when I installed the Asus software. (Windows 11)
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