Learn how to turn off Internet Explorer’s Automatic Crash Recovery prompt in Windows 7.
If you enable this policy setting, Automatic Crash Recovery will not prompt users to recover their data after a program fails.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, Automatic Crash Recovery will prompt users to recover their data after a program fails.
Turn Off IE Automatic Crash Recovery Prompt
- Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.
Note: This guide shows you how to make changes to Windows 7 using Group Policy. Group Policy is not available in Home versions of Windows 7.
- Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and then select Internet Explorer in the left column of the Group Policy editor.
- Double-click Turn off Automatic Crash Recovery Prompt in the Settings section of the Group Policy editor.
- Select Enable and then click OK to save the changes.
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