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    How to disable Com surrogate?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by kenny1999, Aug 15, 2016.

  1. kenny1999

    kenny1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    i wnat to remove all EXIF from pictures inside properties windows but it always returns with error saying that COM surrogate is running so the request is refused.

    then I've disabled it in task manager but the same error still shows up.

    What the hell is Com surrogate and the most important is, how to disable it? Any negative impact of disabling it?

    I urgedly need to del some exif infromation exif from jpeg
     
    kenny1999, Aug 15, 2016
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  2. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    The dllhost.exe process goes by the name COM Surrogate and the only time you're likely even to notice its existence is when it crashes and you get the message COM Surrogate has stopped working. What is this COM Surrogate and why does it keep crashing? Click on the below link.....
    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090212-00/?p=19173
     
    toughasnails, Aug 15, 2016
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  3. Ethrem

    Ethrem Notebook Prophet

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    There are third party tools that can do that for you or you can just dump them on an Android phone and get a tool to do that. Explorer doesn't do a great job of removing EXIF data and often fails.
     
    Ethrem, Aug 15, 2016
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