Disable WerFault.exe/"Application Has Stopped Working" crash dialog

visual-studio-2005 windows-7 jit
Charles Randall picture Charles Randall · May 20, 2010 · Viewed 37.8k times · Source

I have a development tool that's crashing on launch, and I don't get to see any error messages it throws, or get a chance to debug it, because it shows the Windows 7 dialog for crashed programs, where it says "Windows is checking for a solution..."

I want to have my old school big ass assert dialog box back, with a big "DEBUG" button. I have JIT completely enabled in Visual Studio's options and settings, so I'm not sure why I'm not getting the option.

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Answer

Krzysztof John picture Krzysztof John · Jan 24, 2014

Use Regedit, navigate to the below path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontShowUI] Create a DWORD and set the value to 1.

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