Debug View is an executable program with no installation needed. It is available from Sysinternals. The download link is here. The following commands create and/or update the needed registry values for logging. I typically place the contents below into a "ENABLE_IPC_Logging.bat" file.
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow
6432
Node\Microsoft\MSIPC /v Trace /t REG_DWORD /d
1 /f
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSIPC /v Trace /t REG_DWORD /d
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\
15.0
\Common\Debug /v TCOTrace /t REG_DWORD /d
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow
Node\Microsoft\Office\
The following commands update the registry values to disable the logging. I typically place the contents below into a "DISABLE_IPC_Logging.bat" file.
0
/f
USING DEBUG VIEW:
GATHERING DATA (TROUBLESHOOTING):
ADDITONAL OFFICE LOGGING: This information sourced from the following KB article. Office writes the log files to the Temp directory. To find the location either type "cd %temp%" in a command prompt or type "%temp%" in the Windows client search dialog. If using the command prompt method type "start ." followed by the enter key. This opens an explorer window from the current prompt location. Sort the temp directory data by "Date Modified" column. Find the file(s) with <application>.exe.log name. If using Word find the winword.exe.log file.