application exception

0xC00000A5 FILE_CORRUPT_ERROR

Windows refused to use a file because it looks corrupt. Often the app's own data file, a profile, or a package cache — not necessarily the whole disk.

What to do about it

Delete or rename the program's local cache/profile folder and relaunch (it will rebuild).
Restore the document from a backup if only one file opens badly.
Run chkdsk if many unrelated files start failing.

Where you will see this

Windows Error Reporting writes this code into Report.wer files and app-crash minidumps when a program dies but Windows itself stays up. It is not a blue-screen stop code — for those see the stop-code library.

See which module threw this exception

Drop the program's .wer report or crash dump into the app-crash reader — the faulting module is usually the real story. Parsed locally.

Open the app-crash reader →