Every user knows that the foundation of any computer is hardware. Not only the actual capacity of the system, but also its stable operation will depend on its quality. However, do not forget about programs, since without them a computer is just a chipset.
Of course, in the event of any problems with them, working on a computer becomes sometimes impossible. One of the most unpleasant situations is the appearance of the message "the program has stopped working." Most often it is observed in the case of the "Explorer". What kind of error is this and how to avoid its occurrence?
What is it due to?
As a rule, such a nuisance occurs due to a driver conflict . New releases sometimes turn out to be incompatible with old versions of programs, which is why the system begins to "fool". Very often this can be observed in old computer games. New drivers on the video card cannot provide a reduced color mode, as a result of which the program crashes, and sometimes a “blue screen of death” occurs, more often recognized under the name BSOD.
What to do with drivers?
If the reason is in the drivers, then there may be several options for solving problems. First, you can simply remove the old version of the conflicting application by installing a fresh release in its place. Secondly, the exact opposite is possible: you uninstall the new driver, rolling back to its old version.
As practice shows, the second situation is common, especially when it comes to old versions of operating systems on which the previously released versions of applications are better “coexist”. However, the problem “the program has stopped working” is not always associated with this. Windows 7 at one time suffered from severe "intolerance" of older versions of applications, since they caused problems with the kernel. The fault here was the software manufacturers themselves, who were in no hurry to release the latest versions.
Other comments
In addition, there is reason to pay attention to the programs you use. So, owners of older NVidia cards are strongly discouraged from using the driver versions available on the official website. The fact is that during installation they “pull” so many additional applications that they almost inevitably cause problems for users of not the latest computer hardware.
Either a significant drop in performance is observed, or you constantly see the message “the program has stopped working”. What to do in this case? You will have to delete the official version of the application, and look for the driver for the video card through the Windows Update service.
How to run Update?
It is very easy to do. First, delete the old release through "Add or Remove Programs", restart the computer. The system immediately starts looking for the missing driver, referring to the above service. Once the search, download, and installation are complete, you will be asked to restart your computer again.
As a rule, you will no longer see the message "the program has stopped working." What if the actions taken did not give any result at all? In this case, you should consider the compatibility of your equipment and system. You should visit the manufacturer’s website and read the forums - maybe you need to refresh the motherboard BIOS or purchase another model altogether.
Some users have been tormented for several months with a similar problem, while by chance they did not change the video card to a new one. Particularly tight in this regard are users of equipment from ATI. More than once, experts have reported persistent problems in their official driver versions, so this is always worth remembering.
Games
How can this be fixed? If the message "the program has stopped working" occurs in the case of old toys, then everything is pretty complicated. You can try to set the compatibility mode with the version of Windows in which this game worked flawlessly.
This is done simply. Right-click on the game’s shortcut, and then select the “Properties” item in the context menu that appears. You should be interested in the Compatibility tab, which is available in the dialog box that opens. Check the box “Run in compatibility mode”, and then select the version of Windows in which this application worked fine from the drop-down list. Click OK, and then try the program again to work.
If it didn’t help
If the application also refuses to work in compatibility mode, you will either have to look for its modern analogue, or run it from under the virtual machine on which the version of the operating system for which this program was released is installed.
Old browsers
If, again, we talk about the "Explorer", then the message "the program has stopped working" can often be observed by those users on whose computers very old versions of Internet browsers are still installed. This is especially true of Firefox 3.6, which turned out to be simply incompatible with modern operating systems due to some restrictions in them. In this case, this kind of error constantly appears. “Firefox has stopped working” is the message that unlucky users see.
How to solve a problem?
How is this “treated”? Alas, in this case there can only be one recipe: you will have to remove your anachronism from the computer, and then install a new browser. This will not only avoid offensive mistakes that make it difficult to work on a computer, but also greatly increase the security of your system. The latter is due to the fact that old browsers have such a number of “security holes” known to hackers that it is simply unsafe to surf the Internet using them.
That’s why it writes: “the program has stopped working.” As you can see, there can be many reasons, but almost all of them are related to an outdated version of the software you use on your computer.
Keep in mind that errors of this kind are extremely often caused by self-made versions of crack and activators. Often they cause very strong changes in the kernel of the application itself, and this already leads to serious conflicts.