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Disable Dr. Watson or other Debuggers if an applikation crashes

  
To Disable Dr. Watson
Click Start, click Run, type "regedit.exe" (without quotation marks) in the Open box, and then click OK.


Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\
AeDebug

NOTE: Steps 3-4 are optional, but necessary if you want to restore the default use of Dr. Watson.


Click the AeDebug key, and then click Export Registry File on the Registry menu.


Enter a name and location for the saved registry file, and then click Save.


Delete the AeDebug key.


Registry entries for debugger programs are located in the AeDebug key in Windows NT. The Dr. Watson program is installed by default in Windows NT, and is configured to run when an application error occurs (with a data value of 1 for the Auto value). The default values are:


Value Name = Auto
Type = String (REG_SZ)
Data Value = 1 or 0. (Default is 1)

Value Name = Debugger
Type = String (REG_SZ)
Data Value = drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g
Note: This data value (drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g) is specific to Dr. Watson. Alternative debuggers will have their own values and parameters.
To Enable Dr. Watson
At a command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER:

drwtsn32 -i


Double-click the .reg file you created in steps 3-4 above.