I have left the dll’s operational so SketchUp is still able to access them and do its thing. What is disabled is the the report sender. That doesn’t kick in until a crash happens. I imagine if you removed the dll’s there would be a problem but I haven’t.
Until it is established what caused the file deletions I am not interested in putting it back in operation. Considering that BugSplat is the only part still running after a crash it can logically be the only part attempting to write things to the file system in random places that do not make sense.
I have been in the computer business for just over 50 years and for about 37 of those years it was not a hobby. I worked for a multinational. I am sorry if I seem unwilling to take advice but that is a bad habit I developed dealing with some customer’s IT departments. I am considering what has been suggested and will be trying working without the plugins (except one). The problem with bugsplat is not “negotiable” as I do not have another machine powerful enough to act as a test box.
BTW, there is one small clue about the file mapping attempt. It brought up the standard file mapping window but it had already inserted a folder name to use for the mapped folder.
That is “g but”. I have no such folder on my system (created by me). That is what makes me think that it is something somehow left in the BugSplat build or maybe SketchUp or even a plugin. “g but” sounds like a shortened form of “g button” to me. That just might mean something to someone.