Disable debug prompt on application crash

registry windows-server-2003
used2could picture used2could · Feb 17, 2010 · Viewed 9.8k times · Source

Question: I need to disable the console application's crash debug prompt.

Background: We've got an application that syncs info with a third party that crashes due to connectivity problems with the 3rd party at certain times of the day. We don't have access to the source code to trap the error properly so I just need the application to fail and try again. I've got another application that monitors our sync tool to make sure it's running.

when the sync apps crashes there is a debug prompt that requires a users interaction. Because this stays on the screen the application never actually stops running. As a result the "health check" never knows of the failure.

I've done this about 2 years ago but for the life of me I can't the remember the article or the needed registry path.

Thanks, Brian

OS: Windows 2003 Server Application Type: .NET 3.5 Console Application

FIX: found by: John Knoeller

Delete the following keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Debugger HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ .NETFramework\DbgManagedDebugger

Answer

John Knoeller picture John Knoeller · Feb 17, 2010

Possibly this?

How to: Enable/Disable Just-In-Time Debugging

The registry keys are 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Debugger
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\DbgManagedDebugger

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