AD Pro: Unable to update item security for 'C:\DumpStack.log.tmp': CreateFile: The process cannot (4300700)

Issue

Unable to update item security for 'C:\DumpStack.log.tmp': CreateFile: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. This file is used when Windows has to write a dump. It is a hidden system file in the root directory C:\ of the Windows drive. This issue is seen in Windows 8 and Windows 10 Builds including WIndows 10 Build 19042.685 (20H2)

Solution

You can blacklist the registry entries by following the steps outlined in this URL: https://help.binarytree.com/adpro/18.12/content/device%20reacl%20profiles.htm?Highlight=blacklist"

Alternatively you can make this file editable by disabling writing to the file in the registry. To do so launch Registry Editor with Admin Rights and navigate to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl

There two 32-bit DWORD values which activate logging:

EnableLogFile = 00000001
LogLevel = fffffffd

If the 32-bit DWORD value EnableLogFile is set to 0 and Windows 10 is rebooted, no logging is performed. At the same time you can now delete the file DumpStack.log.tmp or perform a ReACL