regedit.exe question

[John Goche]

Hello,

I am using regedit.exe to set the value of

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\ErrorMode

to the value 2. It is currently set to 0.

Does anyone know what the purpose of this registry key is
and what these two values mean?

Thanks,

JG

 

[Edwin vMierlo]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281345


why do you want to change it ?
or what/who prompted you to change it ?


rgds,
Edwin.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I am using regedit.exe to set the value of

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\ErrorMode

to the value 2. It is currently set to 0.

Does anyone know what the purpose of this registry key is

If you don't know the purpose, why are you messing around with that
entry?

and what these two values mean?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/128642/en-us

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I am using regedit.exe to set the value of

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\ErrorMode

to the value 2. It is currently set to 0.

Does anyone know what the purpose of this registry key is
and what these two values mean?

First a question. Why are you changing a registry value if you have no
idea what it does? Some of the settings in the registry and changing them
can render your system unusable. Only change values of data in the
registry if you have a very specific reason for doing so, and know the
consequences of the change.

As far as the value you are asking about, it is used to determine which
errors appear as pop-up error messages that interrupt the user. ErrorMode
is a system-level control of pop-up error messages from system processes
and applications. Applications determine which of their errors can appear
as pop-up messages. ErrorMode can suppress only those pop-up messages that
applications can display.

The valid values for ErrorMode are as follows:

0 - All errors appear in pop-up messages.
1 - Errors from system processes do not appear in pop-up messages.
Application errors still appear in pop-up messages.
2 - Neither application errors nor system process errors appear in pop-up
messages. This value is designed for unattended computers.

 

[Richard Urban]

The fact that you ask the question tells me that you shouldn't be in the
registry at all.

Why are you changing the value of the key if you don't know what the results
will be.

Most people would ask a technical question. An answer to the question may be
to change a registry value or to add a new key. But because you asked the
question first, you would already know what the change would do. Didn't the
people who told you to do this explain WHY you should do this?

There are many bogus "fixes" out there. I am not saying this is one of them.

BTW: Many of the changes that people recommend can be performed just by
changing various options in the operating system preferences. In this case,
there would be no need to go into the registry at all.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

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If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!