6.1.1 The SkipInfo Entry

The SkipInfo entry controls which parts of the failure report are actually written to disk. Following are the values you can set to disable parts of the failure report:

Value Meaning

32bitregs Disable values of 32-bit registers and of the FS and GS registers on 80386/80486 processors.
clues Disable the dialog box titled “Dr. Watson's Clues.”
information Disable system information, such as the Windows version number, processor type, and memory available.
registers Disable 16-bit registers.
segments Disable segment contents, base addresses, length, and flags.
stack Disable stack backtrace.
summary Disable four-line summary at beginning of error report.
tasks Disable list of all active tasks (running applications).
time Disable Dr. Watson start and stop times.

Each of the SkipInfo values can be abbreviated to its first three letters. The following example disables the Dr. Watson's Clues dialog box and the stack backtrace:

[Dr. Watson]

SkipInfo=clu sta