Stop on exception

The Stop on exception flag causes the kernel to break into the kernel debugger whenever a kernel-mode exception occurs.

Abbreviation	soe
Hexadecimal value	0x1
Symbolic Name	FLG_STOP_ON_EXCEPTION
Destination	System-wide registry entry, kernel flag, image file registry entry

Comments

Windows passes all first chance exceptions (except for STATUS_PORT_DISCONNECT) with a severity of Warning or Error to the debugger before passing them to a local exception handler.