{"id":8653,"date":"2016-05-04T20:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:14:39","slug":"com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-windows-10-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-windows-10-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix COM Surrogate has stopped working in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are you getting dllhost.exe COM surrogate has stopped working error? Learn how to fix COM Surrogate has stopped working in Windows 10 operating system<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>COM Surrogate<\/strong> also known as dllhost.exe is an error which you might have seen on your computer screen while using Windows explorer. If you are using Windows 10 then you might have come across the error &#8220;<strong>COM Surrogate has stopped working<\/strong>&#8221; once in a while. This is a common error which is faced by a lot of people and if you don\u2019t want to see this error any more on your computer you need to fix COM Surrogate error.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might also like: <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/windows-explorer-has-stopped-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cWindows Explorer has stopped working\u201d Error<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8654\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working.png\" alt=\"com surrogate has stopped working\" width=\"800\" height=\"454\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working.png 800w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-660x375.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before we tell you how to<strong> fix COM Surrogate has stopped working error<\/strong> on your computer you should know what is COM surrogate and why are you getting the dllhost.exe COM surrogate\u00a0error.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; 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in Windows 10\">How to Fix &#8220;COM Surrogate has stopped working&#8221; in Windows 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-windows-10-fix\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_COM_Surrogate\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">What is COM Surrogate?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">COM Surrogate is a name given to sacrificial processes which run for COM object. If an object requested runs outside the process one will get COM surrogate has stopped working error. If you will open a folder where thumbnails are enabled then the Windows explorer will start COM explorer and will start computing all the thumbnails which are present in a computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case the thumbnail extractor crashes <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20090212-00\/?p=19173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COM surrogate will sacrifice<\/a> and will ensure that Windows explorer is not affected leading to Com surrogate has not working error.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Does_COM_Surrogate_always_stop_working\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Why Does COM Surrogate always stop working?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">COM surrogate has stopped working error usually takes place when you are browsing in the folders which are having videos and media files in them or are trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/print-large-image-multiple-pages-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take a printout of a document<\/a> while browsing the internet. If you are having a flaky code you will see this error. If there is any crash during a process, it will affect the COM surrogate and not the Windows Explorer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the reason that at times COM surrogate stops working. In order to fix COM surrogate has stopped working error on your Windows 10 you can follow the guide which we have shared below:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Fix_%E2%80%9CCOM_Surrogate_has_stopped_working%E2%80%9D_in_Windows_10\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How to Fix &#8220;COM Surrogate has stopped working&#8221; in Windows 10<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can follow the guide which we have shared below as it will help you to fix COM surrogate has stopped working error.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, open run dialog box by pressing the combination of <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together. Once the Run dialog box is opened, you have to enter <strong>sysdm.cpl<\/strong> in it and click on <strong>OK<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sysdm-cpl.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8661\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8661\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sysdm-cpl.png\" alt=\"sysdm.cpl\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sysdm-cpl.png 400w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sysdm-cpl-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sysdm-cpl-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong>\u00a0Now the System Properties window of your computer will be opened. Go to the <strong>Advanced<\/strong> tab and then click on <strong>Settings<\/strong> option located under <strong>Performance <\/strong>section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advanced.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8659\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8659\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advanced.jpg\" alt=\"advanced\" width=\"412\" height=\"468\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advanced.jpg 412w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advanced-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advanced-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Performance options will open on your computer and from here you have to choose <strong>Data Execution Prevention<\/strong>. Select to enable \u201c<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select<\/em><\/span>\u201d and then click on <strong>Add<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/data-execution-prevention.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8660\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/data-execution-prevention.jpg\" alt=\"data execution prevention\" width=\"363\" height=\"535\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/data-execution-prevention.jpg 363w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/data-execution-prevention-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/data-execution-prevention-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong>\u00a0Now, a new window will be opened on your computer screen. You have to navigate to <strong>C:\\Windows\\System32\\<\/strong>\u00a0folder (for 32-bit Windows 10) or <strong>C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\<\/strong>\u00a0folder (for 64-bit Windows 10) and find <strong>dllhost.exe<\/strong> file. Select this file and click <strong>Open<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> If you see a caution box on your screen click on <strong>OK<\/strong> button. Select <strong>Apply<\/strong> option and once again <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong>\u00a0Finally, let your computer reboot and once it is rebooted you won\u2019t be seeing COM surrogate has stopped working error in Windows 10 system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is how you can fix \u201cCOM Surrogate has stopped working\u201d in Windows 10. The fix to this error was simple and that was to add a file named dllhost.exe in C:\\Windows\\System32\\dllhost.exe directory. If you have successfully managed to add this file you won\u2019t be seeing this error anymore on your computer.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Conclusion<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope that now you were able to fix <strong>dllhost.exe COM surrogate<\/strong> error on your Windows 10 computer after following our guide of how to fix \u201cCOM Surrogate has stopped working\u201d in Windows 10 operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are having any difficulties or if you are still not able to fix the <strong>COM Surrogate has stopped working<\/strong> issue, let us know using the comments section below and we will help you out as quick as possible. 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