Windows 7 64 bit dump file location

Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Hi All, can any one suggest me how to create a dump file automatically when an application exe crashes in windows 7 64 bit environment with out using any tools like userdump or procdump. Thanks in Advance regards, Swetha. Monday, May 21, AM.

With kind regards. Wednesday, May 23, PM. Should I leave it be since the message said "Windows recovered from an error"? Help me please.. And thank you. This thread is locked.

You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. This dump file doesn't include unallocated memory or any memory that's allocated to User-mode programs. It includes:.

For most purposes, this dump file is the most useful. It's smaller than the complete memory dump file. But it omits only those parts of memory that are unlikely to have been involved in the problem.

If the following conditions are true, the previous file is overwritten when the Overwrite any existing file setting is checked. A small memory dump records the smallest set of useful information that may help identify why your computer stopped unexpectedly. This option requires a paging file of at least 2 MB on the boot volume and specifies that Windows and later create a new file every time your computer stops unexpectedly. A history of these files is stored in a folder.

This kind of dump file can be useful when space is limited. However, because of the limited information included, errors that were not directly caused by the thread that was running at the time of the problem may not be discovered by an analysis of this file. Each additional file is given a distinct name. The date is encoded in the file name. For example, Mini Because there are several versions of Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

You can load complete memory dumps and kernel memory dumps with standard symbolic debuggers, such as Ikd. Load small memory dumps by using Dumpchk. You can also use Dumpchk.