Windows does not produce full crash dumps even though registry is set correctly

Permissions of the folder to write to Looking at the permissions of the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER it has Read & execute List folder contents Read Creating a subfolder LocalDumps will inherit the permissions. So you should either modify the permissions of that folder or use a different folder with write permissions. Permissions of the Registry key … Read more

How do I disable the ‘Debug / Close Application’ dialog on Windows Vista?

To force Windows Error Reporting (WER) to take a crash dump and close the app, instead of prompting you to debug the program, you can set these registry entries: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting] “ForceQueue”=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Consent] “DefaultConsent”=dword:00000001 After this is set, when your apps crash, you should see *.hdmp and … Read more