How can I configure windows to generate a core dump from an application?

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pcent picture pcent · Jan 12, 2011 · Viewed 26.2k times · Source

How can I configure windows to generate a core dump from an application?

I'm using Win xp, and the application is build with Visual Studio 2003.

Answer

DOK picture DOK · Jan 12, 2011

Microsoft has a free tool called Userdump.exe which will do this.

It's pretty simple to use that tool to create a dump (.dmp) file for a process that shuts down with an exception or to create a dump file for a hanging process

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