Dr Watson Dubegger registry editing

Dr. Watson is a program error debugger that detects and diagnoses program errors and creates User.dmp and DrWtsn32.log files to contain the diagnostic data. In Windows NT these files are stored in the %systemroot% folder. In Windows 2000, these files are stored in the %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson folder. For Windows XP, these files are stored in the %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson folder. The DrWtsn32.log file is appended each time a program error occurs; the User.dmp file is overwritten each time.
To turn off the Dr Watson debugger, apply the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebugName: AutoType: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
To re-enable Dr Watson, you can change Auto back to 1 or from the command line type drwtsn -i.
To change the folder for log files, apply the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: LogFilePath Type: REG_SZThis is the registry key containing most of the values for Dr Watson including AppendToLogFile, CrashDumpFile (change from default name user.dmp), CreateCrashDump, MaximumCrashes, SoundNotification, VisualNotification, and Wavefile.
The AppendToLogFile value controls whether Dr. Watson creates a new log file or appends data to the old log file for each application error that occurs:
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: AppendToLogFile Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 new Value: 1 append
The CrashDumpFile value controls the path and filename to use when creating a crash dump file :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: CrashDumpFile Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
The CreateCrashDump value controls whether Dr. Watson creates a crash dump file after an application crash has occured :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: CreateCrashDump Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
The DumpAllThreads value controls whether Dr. Watson should dump the contents of all threads during an application error :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: DumpAllThreads Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
The DumpSymbols value controls whether Dr. Watson should dump the contents of the symbol tables during an application error :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: DumpSymbols Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
The SoundNotification value controls whether Dr. Watson plays a wav file when an application error occurs :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: SoundNotification Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
The WaveFile value specifies the path and filename of the wave file to be played during an application error :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: SoundNotification Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
The VisualNotification value controls whether Dr. Watson displays a popup message box when it encounters an application error :
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson Name: VisualNotification Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 disable Value: 1 enable
There are various debugger utilities besides Dr Watson. Lotus Notes replaces Dr Watson with its debugger. To switch back to Dr Watson, should another debugger be enabled, apply the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebugName: Debugger Type: REG_SZValue: drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g