Abnormal Program Termination Guide

If the crash happens on a user's machine (where you cannot attach a debugger), logs are your only hope.

A user or another process manually terminates the program (e.g., using Task Manager or the kill -9 command). Signals and Error Codes abnormal program termination

| Step | Action | | :--- | :--- | | | Note exactly what you were doing when the crash occurred. Is it repeatable? | | Isolate | Does it happen on other computers? (Rules out hardware). Does it happen with other files? (Rules out data corruption). | | Update | Update Application -> Update OS -> Update Drivers. | | Investigate | Check logs or use a debugger to find the root cause. | | Repair | Reinstall application or patch code logic. | If the crash happens on a user's machine

Use tools (like SonarQube or built-in IDE analyzers) to scan your code for potential null pointer dereferences or memory leaks before you even compile. Is it repeatable