Disable “Debug the program” After Application Crash

Group Policy options will let you disable the button for error reporting to Microsoft (Check online for a solution and close the program) but there is no option in Group Policy to disable the debugging button. To disable the “Debug the program” button that is shown in the Windows Problem Reporting window after a program crashes, there are two registry entries that must be modified. One controls it for 64-bit program crashes and the other for 32-bit program crashes:

64-bit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug]

32-bit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug]

Under each of these keys, you will see a string titled Debugger.  Rename it (e.g., Debugger.bak) and the debug button will no longer show up.

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