Where Are Windows Error Reports Stored?
Windows queues crash reports in the WER ReportQueue folder and surfaces history in Reliability Monitor.
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Windows Error Reporting stages crash data in a ReportQueue folder under ProgramData before uploading or discarding it. Each report bundle holds dumps, logs, and metadata for one failure.
Reliability Monitor reads the same pipeline and draws the timeline most people actually want: per-day stability with failure details one click away. The queue folder is the raw material behind that chart. Clear it to drop pending uploads, and check it when an uploader seems stuck.
Where Windows stores this, by platform
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
Queued crash bundles awaiting upload or triage. Clear stale entries here when error reporting seems stuck. Admin rights required to browse.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I start when an app keeps crashing?
Open Reliability Monitor for the timeline view first. It links each failure to its report, which beats digging through queued files blind.
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