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How To Disable Visual Notification of 32-bit Program User Mode Exception Messages in 64-bit Versions of Windows XP

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to disable visual 32-bit program User mode exception error messages in the 64-bit version of Windows.

To Disable 32-bit Program User Mode Exception Error Messages

Register Dr. Watson as your default 32-bit program debugger. To do so:
1. Open an command prompt, type the following text, and then press ENTER:
  CD %SystemRoot%\SysWow64
2. From the Syswow64 folder, type the following text, and then press ENTER:
  drwtsn32-i
  NOTE:You must be in the SysWow64 folder when you register Dr. Watson as your program debugger. You are not able to disable 32-bit exceptions if you register the 64-bit version of Dr. Watson.
Click Start, click Run, type the following text, and then press ENTER:
%SystemRoot%\SysWow64\drwtsn32
Click to clear the Visual Notification option, and then click OK.

NOTE: You must run Drwtsn32 from the SysWow64 folder. Drwtsn32 in the SysWow64 folder is a 32-bit version that handles 32-bit User mode exceptions. To run the 32-bit Dr. Watson, browse to the SysWow64 folder, and then double-click drwtsn32.
Start Registry Editor.
Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting
Set the ShowUI value to 0.
Set the DoReport value to 0.
Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\AeDebug
Set the Auto value to 1.
Using this key, verify that the debugger is configured to a setting that is similar to the following setting: drwtsn32 -P %ld -e %ld -g. This setting is usually set when you register Dr. Watson as your default program debugger.

Troubleshooting

The ShowUI value switches the previous fault error message to new fault error messages.
The DoReport value determines whether the new error message sends a problem report to Microsoft.
If you want the previous fault error message or exception error message, set the ShowUI, DoReport, and Auto values to 0.

NOTE: This procedure stops the message for 32-bit program faults.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

282934

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282934/EN-US/ )

How to Disable Visual Notification of 64-bit Program User Mode Exception on 64-bit Versions of Windows XP

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Article ID: 283150 - Last Review: January 15, 2006 - Revision: 1.2

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Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

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