Error Report Generator Registry Settings
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8/27/2008
The Error Report Generator API uses the registry to enable error report generation, to locate associated files and directories, and to set maximum sizes for related files.
The Error Report Transfer Driver transfers some necessary registry settings into the memory reserved for dump files. The Error Report Generator reads these settings from the reserved memory to determine what action to take when generating a dump file.
The HKEY_Local_Machine\System\ErrorReporting\DumpSettings registry key enables values for error report generation.
The following table shows the named value.
| Value : type | Description |
|---|---|
DumpDirectory: REG_SZ |
Default is \Windows\DumpFiles. Location of the directory that holds error report files. Transferred by the Error Report Transfer Driver. |
ExtraFilesDirectory: REG_SZ |
Default is \Windows\ExtraDumpFiles. Location of the directory that holds additional files for error report. Transferred by the Error Report Transfer Driver. |
CabDirectory: REG_SZ |
Default is \Windows\DumpFiles\CabFiles. Location of the directory that holds compressed files for error report. Used by the Report Upload Client for temporary storage of CAB files. |
UploadClient: REG_SZ |
Default is \Windows\Dw.exe. Location of the upload client module. |
MaxDiskUsage: REG_DWORD |
Default is four times the result of DrWatsonGetSize. Sets maximum size for storing dump files. |
MaxLogFiles: REG_DWORD |
Default is 3. Sets maximum number of dump log files. |
MaxLogFileSize: REG_DWORD |
Default is 100 * 1024. Sets maximum size for dump log files. |
DumpEnabled: REG_DWORD |
Default is 1. Enables error report generation. |
MaxDumpSize: REG_DWORD |
Optional. Default is the result of DrWatsonGetSize. This advanced setting designates a maximum size for the error report file. |
DumpType: REG_DWORD |
Optional. Default is 2 (System Dump). This advanced setting designates the type of dump generated. Possible values:1 Context Dump2 System Dump |
See Also
Other Resources
Error Report Generator
Error Report Transfer Driver
Report Upload Client