Turn off error reporting for files that fail file validation

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\filevalidation

Value name: disablereporting

Enabled: disablereporting = 1

Disabled: disablereporting = 0

Description

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.