Windows Blue Screen of Death Error 0x000000E1 – WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL

In this post, you’ll learn about the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or Stop Error 0x000000E1-WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL and the reason why you are receiving the error message in Windows 10 or Windows 11

How does this BSOD Error Message in Windows Looks like

0x000000E1 – WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL

Why do you receive the Error 0x000000E1 WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL in Windows?

This BSOD means that a worker thread completed and returned with IRQL >= DISPATCH_LEVEL. BSOD error code 0x000000E1 may also show “WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL” on the same blue screen.