This technical overview examines the WerReportCreate Windows API, a component of the Windows Error Reporting (WER) system. The API is primarily used to initiate error reports, with its most significant parameter being the 'Event Name,' which identifies the specific type of failure or diagnostic event being logged for system analysis.
By analyzing various Windows OS binaries, the author highlights how native executables and libraries utilize unique event strings to categorize failures. These range from common GUI components like explorer.exe to core system services, illustrating the wide-reaching implementation of WER across the operating system for monitoring everything from heap corruption to certificate pinning issues.
