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How can I activate Windows Script Debugger?

Solution:

Scripts can be debugged in E3 both in the server and in the Viewer. To do so, you must install the Microsoft Script Debugger and enable “Just-in-time Debugger” by setting 1 as the value of two keys on the REGEDIT:

- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\JITDebug;

- From E3 version 3.0 on, set the key HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\JITDebug.

The debugger is activated in two different situations:


1) When there are runtime errors (which will appear only in E3 logs); or

2) When setting STOP command in a script (it forces a breakpoint when the script is executed).


In either situation, a window will pop up asking whether you wish to open the debugger (from a list of available debuggers); select one, and click on Yes.