COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working in Windows 11/10 FIX [Tutorial]
17COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working in Windows 11/10 FIX [Tutorial]
Commands Used:
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
sfc /scannow
Many Windows (7, 8 and 10) users have reported experiencing as an issue where they receive an error message stating “COM Surrogate has stopped working” while browsing folders containing video or media files. Some users have also reportedly received this error while trying to print. COM Surrogate is the executable host process (dllhost.exe) which runs in the background, while you are navigating through files and folders. Due to this process, you are able to view thumbnails and when this process crashes, the error pop-ups up on the screen. This may also be caused by corrupt codecs required to view the media.
COM Surrogate is a basic Windows 11 process that is in charge of showing thumbnails and similar information. There are few reasons that could cause such error like a bad or corrupted program or file, User Account Control settings, possible malware infection and Data Execution Prevention settings. If you are also struggling form this problem here how to fix “com surrogate has stopped working” on Windows 11,10, 8.1 and 7.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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com surrogate has stopped working windows 10 64 bit
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This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.