Policy

Turn off error reporting for files that fail file validation

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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Security Settings
Policy ID aded18e8addb
Internal name L_TurnOffErrorReportingForFilesThatFailFileValidation

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\filevalidation\disablereporting (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\filevalidation\disablereporting (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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