diff --git a/win32/except.c b/win32/except.c
index a7d4cf9c671..684ef96c7ff 100644
--- a/win32/except.c
+++ b/win32/except.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI UnhandledExceptionFilter(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS epointers)
 
        count = sizeof(bAuto);
        if (RegQueryValueExA(hDbgConf, "Auto", 0, &type, (char*)&bAuto, &count))
-	  bAuto = FALSE;
+	  bAuto = TRUE;
        
        RegCloseKey(hDbgConf);
     } else {
diff --git a/winedefault.reg b/winedefault.reg
index 2546dfde058..ab5c0d21f05 100644
--- a/winedefault.reg
+++ b/winedefault.reg
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug]
 # command line to start a debugger when an exception occurs
 "Debugger"="debugger/winedbg %ld %ld"
-# to 1 if no message box has to be presented before running the debugger
-"Auto"=dword:00000000
+# to 0 if a message box has to be presented before running the debugger
+"Auto"=dword:00000001
 
 #
 # This identifies the files for available code pages