Policy

Prevent Windows from sending an error report when a device driver requests additional software during installation

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategorySystem > Device Installation
Supported onWindows Server 2016 Version 1709, Windows 10 Version 1709, Windows Server 2016 Version 1703, Windows 10 Version 1703, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7 only

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

Windows has a feature that allows a device driver to request additional software through the Windows Error Reporting infrastructure. This policy allows you to disable the feature. If you enable this policy setting, Windows will not send an error report to request additional software even if this is specified by the device driver. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows sends an error report when a device driver that requests additional software is installed.

Internal name
DeviceInstall_RequestAdditionalSoftwareSendToWER
Policy ID
5b1786d3ff1c
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings\DisableSendRequestAdditionalSoftwareToWERREG_DWORD
1
0

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