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Resolved DrWatson postmortem debbuger

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Gunlord, 2012/06/04.

  1. 2012/06/04
    Gunlord

    Gunlord Inactive Thread Starter

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    When ever I click on to create mail, reply, or my address book in Outlook Express I get a pop up notice that an error has occured and then a second popup that MrWatson postmortem Debugger has encountered an error and must shut down. Searching various sources suggest that I disable MrWatson postmortem debugger, and give methods but these methods are at least 5 years old and I do not get the results from trying these other methods. Is there a new solution to my problem so I can regain the create mail function? Thanks, Lorne
     
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  2. 2012/06/05
    Arie

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    Well, that's to be expected for an OS that's already way over 10 years old. Nothing has changed.

    To disable automatic debugging (i.e. you will receive a message box asking you if you want to Send Error Report or not), change the value of

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Auto to 0.

    You can also try deleting the Value data of the Debugger key. According to Microsoft:

     
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  4. 2012/06/06
    Gunlord

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    Thank you for the reply. I should have mentioned that "computers for Dummies" is advanced reading for me. You suggest to change the value of HKEY_LOCAL...etc. to 0. How do I get to that line. I've clicked onto "start" and onto "run" and get a great list of all types of lines similar to the one you have suggested. But the particular line that you mention is NOT on that list so I don't know how to access it to change the value. Would you mind expanding your answer to include each step I need to take to get to the automatic debugging line that you set out. Sorry to ask so much but I really need a step by step explanation. Thank you, again for your reply. Lorne
     
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  5. 2012/06/06
    Arie

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    That's a registry location....

    You can do this:

    Create a new text file on your desktop, call it debug.txt.

    Copy / Paste this text in there:

    Save, then rename it, and change the extension from .txt to .reg.

    Right-click the file, and from the menu choose Merge. Click Yes to have the data added to your registry.
     
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  6. 2012/06/14
    Gunlord

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    Problem Resolved
     
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