Do not send a Windows error report when a generic driver is installed on a device
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Computer
Category
System > Device Installation
Supported on
Windows Server 2016 Version 1709, Windows 10 Version 1709, Windows Server 2016 Version 1703, Windows 10 Version 1703, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista only

Supported OS tags: Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

Windows has a feature that sends "generic-driver-installed" reports through the Windows Error Reporting infrastructure. This policy allows you to disable the feature. If you enable this policy setting, an error report is not sent when a generic driver is installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, an error report is sent when a generic driver is installed.

Internal name
DeviceInstall_GenericDriverSendToWER
Policy ID
4107c2653dbc
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings
Value name
DisableSendGenericDriverNotFoundToWER
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings
Value name
DisableSendGenericDriverNotFoundToWER
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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