The file drwtsn.exe is an instance of a Windows process, particularly a utility tool that is installed on a desktop computer, a laptop, or a notebook, which is operated by Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, and includes both later and older versions, such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95. This process may be related to the program Dr. Watson, and is able to report extensive details regarding a crash, which also implies that it either runs in the background to capture the status of the Windows system at the time of the crash event, or launched at the same time of the crash so it can report details. Because it is compatible with Microsoft Windows Operating System, drwtsn.exe is an executable file that can be considered legitimate, but not a core component, so essentially, it can be removed at any time whenever necessary, unless it is causing problems that affect the performance of the system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. drwtsn.exe. is used by Dr. Watson, If you shut down drwtsn.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop drwtsn.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Dr. Watson, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed drwtsn.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Dr. Watson, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if drwtsn.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that drwtsn.exe, belongs to, in this case Dr. Watson