Quick way to turn on Client side tracing

Whenever I have a client issue I hate having to turn on tracing. The first time is the worst because of having to create every key. I have to refer to a list so that I remember which type they all have to be, setting, etc.

I then found out about creating a .reg file that would create and turn on/off the client tracing for me. It's really easy, all you have to do is copy and paste the below code into a text file and change the extension to .reg instead of .txt. Also, create a folder "tracing" under the C drive (C:\tracing) as one of the keys is set to place the trace files under this location.

Here's the code for the reg key to start the client trace (starttraceclient.reg):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSCRMClient]
"TraceEnabled"=dword:00000001
"TraceDirectory"="c:\\Tracing"
"TraceCategories"="*:Verbose"
"TraceCallStack"=dword:00000001
"TraceRefresh"=dword:00000001
"TraceSchedule"="Hourly"
"OleDBTimeOut"=dword:00008000

Here's the code for the reg key to stop the client trace (stoptraceclient.reg):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSCRMClient]
"TraceEnabled"=dword:00000000
"TraceDirectory"="c:\\Tracing"
"TraceCategories"="*:Verbose"
"TraceCallStack"=dword:00000001
"TraceRefresh"=dword:00000002
"TraceSchedule"="Hourly"
"OleDBTimeOut"=dword:00008000

It sure makes this a lot easier for troubleshooting because you don't have to open the registry every time, just double click your file and you're set! Enjoy!

David