Sunday, July 17, 2011

Disable/Enable Windows default debugger Dr. Watson

If you feel it's useless for you anyway, just follow these steps to turn off.

1.Go to Start Menu -->> Run and type regedit.exe then press Enter.

2.Browse to the following registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug

3.Click the AeDebug key, and then click Export Registry File on the Registry menu. Save the file and remember it.

4.Then you can delete the AeDebug key.
 
That's it! Whenever any programs crash again, Windows won't ask you whether you want to send data to Microsoft or not.

If you change your mind and want to enable Dr. Watson back. It's easy.
* Double-click the file you save in step 3.
* And then go to Start -->> Run -->> cmd.exe
* At the command prompt, type drwtsn32 -i

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