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I am actually trying to close some processes using kill command. All the processes are getting killed graciously but when I invoke kill command on Microsoft Outlook like 

kill PID

it's getting killed(expected) and also it opens up the Microsoft Error Reporting. Mircrosoft Error Reporting Dialog box How to kill a process like an outlook as if I went to File->Quit Outlook?

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    Using linux, or unix, or macos? Looks like just macos right?
    – Xen2050
    Oct 14, 2018 at 5:12
  • You might try kill -9 PID. This means the kernel will kill the process without prejudice. I'm not sure but I suspect the error reporting won't get a chance to get control.
    – Hogstrom
    Oct 14, 2018 at 11:58

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Microsoft error reporting (MERP) can be disabled as follows :

  • Quit all Microsoft apps
  • Go to /HD/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
  • Launch Microsoft Error Reporting.app
  • Go to Microsoft Error Reporting in the Menu Bar
  • Select Preferences
  • Clear the check box
  • Quit MERP

This isn't really recommended when the problem is not too annoying.

When there are no problems with the operation of the system/software, MERP running in the background should not be an issue.

In case of a real problem, the information it provides can be useful in correcting it.

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  • Thanks for the input. Here, why the MERP pops up when I quit through kill command and not when I click quit in my mac? Is it an abnormal termination?
    – Prajwal
    Oct 14, 2018 at 18:46
  • Yes, MERP detected it as an Outlook crash. I agree that this is not very smart of it.
    – harrymc
    Oct 14, 2018 at 18:50
  • I have also been noticing, CrashServiceHelper of their respective apps is called on calling kill.
    – Prajwal
    Oct 15, 2018 at 7:22

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