Turn off heap termination on corruption

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Value name: NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption

Enabled: NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption = 1

Disabled: NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption = 0

Description

Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later.