Set-ErrorReportingStatus

Windows: Configures Windows Error Reporting (WER) status

Script

#Requires -Version 5.1

[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [bool]$Enabled,

    [string]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,

    [pscredential]$Credential
)

Process {
    try {
        $scriptBlock = {
            Param($IsEnabled)
            Import-Module WindowsErrorReporting -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            if ($IsEnabled) {
                Enable-WindowsErrorReporting -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" -Name "Disabled" -Value 0 -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            }
            else {
                Disable-WindowsErrorReporting -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" -Name "Disabled" -Value 1 -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            }
            Get-WindowsErrorReporting -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        }

        if ($ComputerName -ne $env:COMPUTERNAME) {
            $invokeParams = @{
                'ComputerName' = $ComputerName
                'ScriptBlock'  = $scriptBlock
                'ArgumentList' = $Enabled
                'ErrorAction'  = 'Stop'
            }
            if ($null -ne $Credential) {
                $invokeParams.Add('Credential', $Credential)
            }

            $status = Invoke-Command @invokeParams
        }
        else {
            $status = &$scriptBlock -IsEnabled $Enabled
        }

        $result = [PSCustomObject]@{
            WEREnabled   = $Enabled
            ComputerName = $ComputerName
            Action       = "WERConfigured"
            Status       = "Success"
            Timestamp    = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
        }

        Write-Output $result
    }
    catch {
        throw
    }
}

Customize

Enabled bool

Specifies whether to enable or disable Windows Error Reporting.

ComputerName string

Specifies the name of the target computer. Defaults to the local computer.

env string

Credential pscredential

Specifies a PSCredential object for remote connection.