PowerShell: Automating Windows Crash Control Configuration
This script aims to automate the task of configuring several settings under the Windows CrashControl registry path. The configurations include specifying memory dump paths, enabling auto-reboot, setting logging levels, and more.
Reference documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/generate-a-kernel-or-complete-crash-dump
$dumpFilePath = 'D:\MEMORY.DMP'
$minidumpDir = '%SystemRoot%\Minidump'
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl"
try
{
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "AutoReboot" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "CrashDumpEnabled" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "DisableEmoticon" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "DumpFile" -Value $dumpFilePath
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "DumpLogLevel" -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "EnableLogFile" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "LogEvent" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "MinidumpDir" -Value $minidumpDir
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "MinidumpsCount" -Value 5
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "Overwrite" -Value 1
#Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "DumpFilters" -Value "dumpfve.sys"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "AlwaysKeepMemoryDump" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "NMICrashDump" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "IgnorePagefileSize" -Value 1
Write-Output "Registry values have been set successfully."
}
catch
{
Write-Output "Something went wrong. Are you running the script as Admin?"
}