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Disable PerfWatson2.exe in Visual Studio

How to disable Perfwatson2.exe from Visual Studio (March 8, 2017)

To stop PerfWatson2.exe, a background process in Visual Studio that tracks performance issues, go to Help > Privacy > Privacy Settings and opt out of the Visual Studio Experience Improvement Program. In earlier Visual Studio versions, select Send Feedback > Settings and uncheck participation. Alternatively, use the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\... and set OptIn to 0 to disable it permanently.

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