Policy overview

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ClassUser
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 > Security Settings
Supported onWindows7

This policy determines whether error reports and files that fail file validation should be sent using the Watson dialog. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Watson dialog. Files that fail file validation will not be sent by the Watson dialog to Microsoft. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Watson dialog to send files that fail validation will show up once every two weeks.

Internal name
L_TurnOffErrorReportingForFilesThatFailFileValidation
Policy ID
aded18e8addb
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\filevalidation\disablereportingREG_DWORD
1
0

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