WER

Author: Troy Larson

description

Windows Error Reporting

paths

5 paths
paths use Windows environment syntax

collection commands

# PowerShell Artifact Collection Script
# Target: WER
# Run as Administrator

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$DestBase = "D:\Evidence"

# Function to handle artifact collection with robocopy
function Collect-Artifact {
    param (
        [string]$SourceDir,
        [string]$FolderName,
        [string]$FileMask = "*"
    )
    $FullDest = Join-Path -Path $DestBase -ChildPath $FolderName
    robocopy "$SourceDir" "$FullDest" "$FileMask" /E /COPY:DAT /R:0 /W:0 /NP /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS | Out-Null
}

# 1. WER Files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\" -FolderName "WER_Files"

# 2. WER Files
$UserPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE "AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\"
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "$UserPath" -FolderName "WER_Files"

# 3. Crash Dumps
$UserPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE "AppData\Local\CrashDumps\"
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "$UserPath" -FileMask "*.dmp" -FolderName "Crash_Dumps"

# 4. Crash Dumps
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows\" -FileMask "*.dmp" -FolderName "Crash_Dumps"

# 5. Crash Dumps
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows.old\Windows\" -FileMask "*.dmp" -FolderName "Crash_Dumps"

Write-Host "Collection complete!" -ForegroundColor Green

Save as .ps1 and run as Administrator. Use: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1

references

included in collections