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Control Error Reporting with Office XP (All Windows)

Office XP includes a feature which will send debug information to Microsoft if an error occurs in one of the Office XP applications. This can be disabled using this tweak.

This tweak can be easily applied using WinGuides Tweak Manager.
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Open your registry and find the key below, creating it if necessary.

Create the following DWORD values and set them to "1".

  • DWNeverUpload
  • DWNoExternalURL
  • DWNoFileCollection
  • DWNoSecondLevelCollection
Restart Office for the changes to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|DWNeverUploadREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|DWNoExternalURLREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|DWNoFileCollectionREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|DWNoSecondLevelCollectionREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Co...|
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Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common]
Value Name: DWNeverUpload, DWNoExternalURL, DWNoFileCollection, DWNoSecondLevelCollection
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (1 = disable error reporting)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last modified: December 16, 2001

 
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