#Turn off microsoft error reporting windows

pbix files we are experiencing no visible crashes.Įdit: It seems the dumps are created every time we close down a. The tracing and crash dump collection is not enabled in Power BI Dekstop:Įdit: I forgot to mention, that during our work with the. No, the screen is totally devoid of any covering app or window.

#Turn off microsoft error reporting windows

Clicking or right clicking the app does not open additional windows and does not offer any useful options. The bouncing icon for MS Error reporting most often appears when no apps (microsoft or others are running). We suspect, that it could be something invalid in the data model or a clash somehow in the data connections, but this is basically guesswork from our side. To clear all these errors and logs using the built-in tools, open the Control Panel and go to System and Security -> Security and Maintenance ->. No, the screen is totally devoid of any covering app or window. pbix files with updated data is around 20 MB in size).

Obviously it works to disable the WER-service entirely or possible play around with the DumpCount parameter (thanks Google!).īut we are lacking the basic understanding of why these crash dumps are created by Windows (and why they are that big. Each user has his/her own copies of these files they are working on.įrequently, we have had the issue, that Windows Error Reporting Service (WER) rapidly filled up Right click on the Windows error reporting service from the list of services and then click on properties> there will be pop up screen > check for the startup type and select Automatic under drop down menu and apply the settings. We have been working two administrator users in Power BI Desktop at the same time.

We are running Power BI Desktop on a Windows Server 2016 Standard.