Turn off Automatic Crash Recovery

Policy ID: DisableACRPrompt
Scope: Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 8.0
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Internet Explorer

Description

This policy setting turns off Automatic Crash Recovery.

If you enable this policy setting, Automatic Crash Recovery does not prompt the user to recover his or her data after a program stops responding.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Automatic Crash Recovery prompts the user to recover his or her data after a program stops responding.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery View registry values

AutoRecoverREG_DWORD

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery View registry values

AutoRecoverREG_DWORD

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