Policy

Prevent display of the user interface for critical errors

This policy setting prevents the display of the user interface for critical errors. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows Error Reporting does not display any GUI-based error messages or dialog boxes for critical errors. If you disable this policy setting, Windows Error Reporting displays the GUI-based error messages or dialog boxes for critical errors.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Windows Error Reporting
Policy ID0b120781e59c
Internal nameWerDoNotShowUI

Registry

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontShowUI (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontShowUI (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting prevents the display of the user interface for critical errors. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows Error Reporting does not display any GUI-based error messages or dialog boxes for critical errors. If you disable this policy setting, Windows Error Reporting displays the GUI-based error messages or dialog boxes for critical errors.

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