This module acts as a wrapper around the registry settings for Windows Error Reporting (WER).
The module supports global WER configurations as well as specific application configurations.
The module can be installed from the PowerShell Gallery using the following command in PowerShell:
Install-Module -Name Get-WERConfigGet the current WER configuration. -AppName supports wildcards. Use -AppName All to display all configurations.
Requires run as administrator
Update an existing WER configuration. This function supports the PowerShell pipeline.
Requires run as administrator
Creates a new WER configuration.
Requires run as administrator
Removes an existing WER configuration. If the global configuration is removed all app specific configurations will also be removed.
Displays all WER configurations and displays the last 5 application crashes from the Windows Application EventLog.
$ Get-WERInfo
AppName DumpType DumpFolder DumpCount CustomDumpFlags DumpTypeValue KeyPath
------- -------- ---------- --------- --------------- ------------- -------
GLOBAL MiniDump %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps 10 0 1 Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA…
ProviderName: Windows Error Reporting
TimeCreated Id LevelDisplayName Message
----------- -- ---------------- -------
6/26/2022 22:43:00 1001 Information Fault bucket 2020166421524484167, type 4…
6/23/2022 10:47:19 1001 Information Fault bucket 1466619447997080460, type 4…
6/22/2022 15:33:53 1001 Information Fault bucket 125730739576, type 5…
6/22/2022 08:18:50 1001 Information Fault bucket 1718606572004173045, type 5…
6/22/2022 08:18:50 1001 Information Fault bucket 1316385779437571683, type 5…