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Error Report Transfer Driver Registry Settings (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

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 dump files.

ExtraFilesDirectory: REG_SZ

Default is \Windows\ExtraDumpFiles. Location of the directory that holds additional files for error report.

CabDirectory: REG_SZ

Default is \Windows\DumpFiles\CabFiles.

Location of the directory that holds compressed files for error report.

UploadClient: REG_SZ

Default is \Windows\Dw.exe. Location of the upload client module.

MaxDiskUsage: REG_DWORD

Default is 4 x result of DrWatsonGetSize.

Sets maximum size for storing dump files.

DumpEnabled: REG_DWORD

Default is 1.

Enables error report generation.

MaxDumpSize: REG_DWORD

Optional. No default value.

This advanced setting designates a maximum size for the error report dump file.

If this value is not set in the registry, the maximum size for the error report dump file is the result of DrWatsonGetSize.

DumpType: REG_DWORD

Default is 2 (System Dump).

This advanced setting is optional, and designates the type of dump generated.

Possible values are as follows:
1     Context Dump
2     System Dump

In addition, the HKEY_Local_Machine\Drivers\BuiltIn\ErrorReporting registry key enables advanced settings values for error report generation.

The following table shows the named value.

Value : type

Description

Dll: REG_SZ

Default is DwXfer.dll.

The name of the transfer driver.

FriendlyName: REG_SZ

Default is Dump File Transfer.

A friendly name for transfer functionality.

PollInterval: REG_DWORD

Default is 600000 (10 minutes).

The time interval for transfer polling.

PollPriority256: REG_DWORD

Default is 249 (Highest Priority).

The priority for transfer activity.

See Also

Reference

Error Reporting Reference