KB-15050: Activating Windows Script Debugger.

How can I activate Windows Script Debugger?

Solution:

Scripts can be debugged in E3 either in the server or in the Viewer. To do so, you must install the Microsoft Script Debugger and set 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 then click Yes.