WER Settings
Windows Error Reporting (WER) provides many settings to customize the problem reporting experience. All of these settings can be set using Group Policy. Some can also be changed in Action Center for Windows 7 and Windows 8. For Windows 10, use the search function in Settings to locate View advanced system settings. WER settings are located in one of the following registry subkeys:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
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BypassDataThrottling
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
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0 - Disable data bypass throttling. If the bypass is disabled or not configured as a policy setting, WER throttles data by default. WER does not upload more than one CAB file for a report that contains data about the same event types.
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1 - Enable data bypass throttling. WER does not throttle data. WER uploads additional CAB files that can contain data about the same event types as an earlier uploaded report.
Whether to enable the bypass of WER client data throttling
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ConfigureArchive
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 1 - Parameters only (default on Windows 7)
- 2 - All data (default on Windows Vista)
Whether to archive parameters only or all data
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Consent\DefaultConsent
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 1 - Always ask (default)
- 2 - Parameters only
- 3 - Parameters and safe data
- 4 - All data
Default consent choice
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Consent\DefaultOverrideBehavior
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Vertical consent will override the default consent (default)
- 1 - Default consent will override the application-specific consent
Whether default consent overrides vertical consent
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Consent\[VerticalName]
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 1 - Always ask (default)
- 2 - Parameters only
- 3 - Parameters and safe data
- 4 - All data
Consent choice for the WER plug-in
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CorporateWERDirectory
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REG_SZ
The directory path
Target directory on the server
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CorporateWERPortNumber
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REG_DWORD
The port number
Port number to be used with the corporate server
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CorporateWERServer
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REG_SZ
The name of the server
Corporate server name
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CorporateWERUseAuthentication
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - No (default)
- 1 - Yes
Whether to use Windows Integrated Authentication
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CorporateWERUseSSL
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - No (default)
- 1 - Yes
Whether to use SSL
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DebugApplications\[ExeName] (replace "[ExeName]" with an actual name of an .exe file, for example, "notepad.exe")
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Processes with an executable image name of **\[ExeName\]** do not require the user to choose **Debug** or **Continue** (default)
- 1 - Processes with an executable image name of **\[ExeName\]** require the user to choose **Debug** or **Continue**
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DebugApplications\* ("*" is the literal value name)
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - All processes except ones specified explicitly in the setting **DebugApplications\\\[ExeName\]** do not require the user to choose **Debug** or **Continue** (default)
- 1 - All processes except ones specified explicitly in the setting **DebugApplications\\\[ExeName\]** require the user to choose **Debug** or **Continue**
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DisableArchive
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Enabled
- 1 - Disabled
Enable or disable the archive
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Disabled
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Enabled (default)
- 1 - Disabled
Enable or disable WER
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DisableQueue
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Enabled
- 1 - Disabled
Enable or disable report queuing
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DontShowUI
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - UI (default)
- 1 - No UI
Enable or disable the WER UI
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DontSendAdditionalData
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Send (default)
- 1 - Do not send
Whether to prevent sending second-level data
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ExcludedApplications\[Application Name]
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REG_SZ
List of excluded applications
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ForceQueue
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - No (default)
- 1 - Yes
Whether to send all reports to the user's queue
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LocalDumps\DumpFolder or LocalDumps\[Application Name]\DumpFolder
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REG_EXPAND_SZ
The directory path. The default value is %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps. If the default is not used, the application must ensure that the folder has a sufficient ACL.
Windows Vista: The registry values under the LocalDumps key are not supported. Note that this behavior changed with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The path where the dump files are to be stored.
Note that per-process settings will override any global settings that exist For more information, see Collecting User-Mode Dumps.
This setting is not supported in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive.
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LocalDumps\DumpCount or LocalDumps\[Application Name]\DumpCount
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REG_DWORD
The maximum number. The default is 10. When the maximum value is exceeded, the oldest dump file in the folder will be replaced with the new dump file.
Windows Vista: The registry values under the LocalDumps key are not supported. Note that this behavior changed with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
The maximum number of dump files in the folder.
This setting is not supported in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive.
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LocalDumps\DumpType or LocalDumps\[Application Name]\DumpType
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0 - Custom dump
- 1 - Minidump (default)
- 2 - Full dump
Windows Vista: The registry values under the LocalDumps key are not supported. Note that this behavior changed with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
The dump type.
This setting is not supported in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive.
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LocalDumps\CustomDumpFlags or LocalDumps\[Application Name]\CustomDumpFlags
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REG_DWORD
One or more values from the MINIDUMP_TYPE enumeration. The default is {MiniDumpWithDataSegs|MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules|MiniDumpWithProcessThreadData}.
Windows Vista: The registry values under the LocalDumps key are not supported. Note that this behavior changed with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
The custom dump options to be used. This value is used only when DumpType is set to 0.
This setting is not supported in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive.
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LoggingDisabled
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REG_DWORD
Possible values:
- 0–Enabled (default)
- 1–Disabled
Enable or disable logging
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MaxArchiveCount
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REG_DWORD
Range of possible values: 1–5000. The default is 1000.
Maximum size of the archive, in files
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MaxQueueCount
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REG_DWORD
Range of possible values: 1–500. The default is 50.
Maximum size of the queue
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QueuePesterInterval
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REG_DWORD
Number of days
Interval between reminders to the user to check for solutions, in days
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RuntimeExceptionHelperModules![ pwszOutOfProcessCallbackDll name including path]
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REG_DWORD
The contents of the value are ignored.
The name of the value is used to fetch the pwszOutOfProcessCallbackDll value.
Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP: This registry value is not supported.
WER's Live Kernel Reports settings, which are described next, are both located under the following registry subkey:
For Windows 10 1703, Windows Server 2019, and later:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
For Windows 10 builds 1607 and older, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
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ComponentThrottleThreshold
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REG_DWORD
The threshold (in hours) of how often any single component can create a full live dump. This value must be greater than or equal to SystemThrottleThreshold. Setting both to zero (0) will disable all time-based throttling. The default is 168 (7 days).
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FullLiveReportsMax
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REG_DWORD
The maximum number of full live dumps that may be on disk at any given time. The default is 1. On Windows 10 1803, Windows Server 2019, and later, setting this value to zero (0) will disable the live dump feature.
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LastFullLiveReport
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REG_QWORD
A SystemTime indicating the last full live report time, for the system or a specific ReportType. This is used to calculate whether a policy threshold has been satisfied.
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SystemThrottleThreshold
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REG_DWORD
The threshold (in hours) of how often any component on the system can create a full live dump. The default is 120 (5 days).
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LiveKernelReportsPath
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REG_SZ
The redirected storage location of live kernel reports. The default location is %systemroot%\LiveKernelReports. This value must be a valid path. The path must be in NT path format. For example, ??\C:\LiveDumpsFolder. For more information on path formats, see File path formats on Windows systems.