Disable AutoLogger-DiagTrack-Listener
The `Start` value controls whether the `AutoLogger-DiagTrack-Listener` ETW AutoLogger session starts automatically during the next system boot.
since 0.9.8.11
Purpose
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\AutoLogger-DiagTrack-Listener\Start
The Start value controls whether the AutoLogger-DiagTrack-Listener ETW AutoLogger session starts automatically during the next system boot. It is a REG_DWORD value. A value of 0 prevents Windows from starting this session at the next restart.
AutoLogger sessions can collect events from registered ETW providers early in the boot process and, depending on the session configuration, make them available in a trace file or to a real-time consumer. When this session is disabled, it does not enable its associated providers during boot and does not collect new trace events through this particular session.
Notes
Possible side effects
Diagnostic or analysis features that depend on boot-time data collected by this session will no longer have that data available. Disabling the session also avoids its processing, buffering, and potential disk I/O. Microsoft notes that AutoLogger sessions can increase system boot time in general, but this does not establish that disabling this individual session will produce a specific or measurable performance improvement.
Notes
Changing this value does not stop a trace session that is already running. It controls automatic startup after a restart and does not remove existing trace files.
The value applies only to the AutoLogger-DiagTrack-Listener session. It does not disable the DiagTrack service, other ETW sessions, or Windows policies governing diagnostic-data transmission. Microsoft's general AutoLogger documentation defines the behavior of Start, but it does not fully document the providers and events used by this specific session across every Windows version. Consequently, Start = 0 should not be interpreted as disabling all diagnostic or telemetry collection.
Microsoft documentation
Microsoft Learn: Configuring and Starting an AutoLogger Session