Control Internet Explorer Error Reporting (All Windows)

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Control Internet Explorer Error Reporting (All Windows)
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This setting allows you to control whether the error reporting tool, which reports browser debugging errors to Microsoft, is active in Internet Explorer 6.0.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value called "IEWatsonDisabled" and set it to "1". Create another DWORD value called "IEWatsonEnabled" and set it to "0".

Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
IEWatsonDisabled	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
IEWatsonEnabled	REG_DWORD	0x00000000 (0)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
Name: IEWatsonDisabled, IEWatsonEnabled
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: December 16, 2001

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