How To Fix System Thread Exception Not Handled For Windows

If you use a Windows computer (particularly a Windows 8 or Windows 10 computer) you might be familiar with trying to fix the following problem: System Thread Exception Not Handled for Windows. Sadly, this is a really common issue.

What makes this error so irritating is that it can happen pretty much at any time and without any apparent reason. It is common for this problem to arise when you are starting your computer as it is while you’re in the middle of doing something. It is precisely its unpredictable nature that makes it so irritating and hard to deal with for most users.

Luckily, there are many different possible solutions for this problem. And in this article will go through all of them in great detail. We recommend users experiencing this problem to read our article from top to bottom before they attend any of the fixes. Then they can decide which one they want to try out first and go ahead with it. If that solution does not work for them they can then move on to the next one at the salon until they find the one that finally solves the problem.

This is one of those blue screen of death or BSOD situations that the other one lane majority of Windows users are sadly familiar with.

What Are The Possible Solutions for This Problem?

The good news is that you do not really need any additional technical knowledge to follow any of the solutions in this tutorial.

The first solution involves using the impaled the cover system by using the recovery mode. This is not as complicated as it may first sound; it is actually something that all Windows 8 and 10 are equipped with.

So, next time you get that blue screen of death trying to do the following:

1. Shut down your computer by pressing down the power button as many times as necessary until your PC shuts down.
2. Then try rebooting your computer but turn the computer on and off as soon as the Windows logo displays on the screen. Do this a few times (for five times). if done correctly, this action will prompt windows to show you all the different recovery options. That is exactly where you want to get it.
3. Once you are presented with all the different recovery options for Windows you should proceed to troubleshoot.
4. Then click on advanced options.
5. Under advanced options select the command prompt option. Wait until the command screen displays
6. Type in the following command and run it: sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /windows
7. If the above command cannot fix all the errors in fines then you should try the following command as well: bcdedit / set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

Once you have entered the first command or both of them if you need to, you should reboot your PC. If this did not resolve the issue, do not worry for there are still a few other solutions you could try.

The next solution is particularly useful for users to get this error frequently and randomly. This solution involves disabling hardware acceleration on the Internet web browser you use so the steps to follow vary slightly depending on which browser are you actually use. We cannot go through every single available where browser I will go through the most popular ones that are available for Windows computers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, in that order.

If your Internet web browser of choice is the Internet Explorer, then you should follow these simple steps:

1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. Once you have open Internet Explorer click on tools.
3. Then go to Internet options. This will display many different options.
4. From all the available Internet options select advanced.
5. Then locate accelerated graphics and under it check “use software rendering and said of GPU rendering.”
6. Once you have checked that box you should click on the Apply button.
7. Then click on the OK button.
8. Finally, restart your Internet Explorer and verify whether the problem has been fixed.

If your Internet web browser of choice is Google Chrome, then you should follow these simple steps:

1. Launch Google Chrome.
2. Type in exactly the following text in the Internet address bar: chrome:// flags.
3. Press Enter on your keyboard.
4. Then scroll down until you get to GPU composting on all pages.
5. You will find a drop down list where you will need to select disabled. Normally default will be selected instead but when you choose disabled, the default box becomes automatically unchecked.
6. Finally, launch Google Chrome and check whether the problem has been solved.

If your Internet web browser of choice is Mozilla Firefox, then you should follow these simple steps:

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox.
2. Type in exactly the following text in the Internet address bar: about:preferences#advanced.
3. Press enter on your keyboard. This action will display the advanced screen with several options.
4. Uncheck the following box: use hardware acceleration when available.
5. Then close Mozilla Firefox and restart it. Check whether the problem has been solved.

If you have gone through the relevant steps for your Internet web browser and you are still experiencing the same problem, then something else should behind the problem. A possible problem could be with your Adobe flash player. It could be something in its hardware that could be causing this problem but disabling it should do the trick. If you want to try out this method just follow these steps:

1. Launch your Internet web browser. For our purposes, it does not matter whether you use Google Chrome, Internet floor, or Mozilla Firefox. If you have more than one Internet web browser installed you will have to perform the steps with each one of them.
2. Then head over to the Adobe Flash Help page.
3. You will need to scroll down until you find the section that reads “verify if flash player is installed”.
4. The section “verify if flash player is installed” should have an animation of a tree or something that looks like a tree. Right-click on it.
5. From all the options displaying select the one that says settings. This action will display a Settings dialog box.
6. Then you will need to uncheck the box next to the Enable hardware acceleration.
7. Close the dialog box.
8. Next, restart your Internet web browser.

“Computers are scary. They’re nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occassion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this. He knew that computers were bulky and hernia-inducing and Darth Vader black. He understood the value of declarative design”. – Wesley Morris

Remember that if you have more than one Internet web browser, you will need to perform all of these steps for each of your Internet web browsers. We would not recommend you verify if the problem has been fixed until you have tried this solution for each and every one of your Internet web browsers.

The final fix is perhaps the most complex so we have left it until the end so you can try if your fix this first. Having said that, this solution can be done if you follow these steps:

1. The first thing you need to do is restart your PC.
2. They open the Window set up box.
3. Then click on next. This action will take you to the next page
4. Once on the next page click on the option that says repair your computer. This action will take you to a different page.
5. Then go to the screen known as choose an option.
6. Click on the Troubleshoot option.
7. Once you have been redirected to the troubleshoot screen you will need to click on advanced options. This will take you to a different screen.
8. Once on the Advanced options screen, you will need to click on command prompt. This will once again redirect to a different screen.
9. Now type C: and press the Enter key on your keyboard. This action will be direct you to the legacy advanced boot menu.
10. I’ll type the following on the C: prompt: BCDEDIT / SET {DEFAULT} BOOTMENUPOLICY LEGACY
11. Hit the enter key.
12. Wait for the command to be executed and once it has typed the word exit. This will close the prompt window. So you will be back at the Jason option screen
13. Click on continue. This action will restart your computer.
14. Wait until your computer has been fully restarted it and then press the F8 key over and over until the advanced boot options screen displays.
15. Once you are in the advanced options screen select safe mode.
16. Press the enter key on your keyboard.
17. Now log on to your computer.
18. From the start screen, click on desktop. This section will take you to the desktop screen.
19. Over your mouse around the bottom right corner area until some options display.
20. From all the different options click on settings.
21. Now click on control panel.
22. Next click on device manager.
23. Go to display adapters.
24. Right click on the graphics driver so you can uninstall it.
25. Click on uninstall.
26. Finally, confirm that you want to uninstall it and click OK.

As tends to be the case with this kind of computer error, there can be many different options for solving it. It really depends on what is causing the problem. Of course, working that out is probably one of the things that take the longest. So, very often users have to try different fixes before finding one that does the trick.

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