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Where are the crash dumps and how do i read them


StefanG3D

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Before you analyse a crash dump, check if the text files at
c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\
expose the infos you need.

Kernel crash dumps are stored at
c:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\
c:\Windows\Minidump\
and need to be analysed with WINDBG
(Visual Studio complains that kernel dumps are in old format)

Application crash dumps are stored at:
c:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\
c:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\
c:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\

and need to be analysed with Visual Studio
(WINDBG is stuck at first exception)

 

How to create a user-mode process dump file
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/931673/how-to-create-a-user-mode-process-dump-file-in-windows

Collecting a full memory dump in Windows 10
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4641

Edited by StefanG3D
another location for app dumps added
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I use free tools by NirSoft like What's the Hang, WinCrashReport ,or BlueScreen View, these work very well.  😃  .

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How to add driver symbols to Visual Studio (to improve educated guessing)

Review these articles from Microsoft, AMD, NVIDIA and Intel.

Then add these links:
https://download.amd.com/dir/bin
https://driver-symbols.nvidia.com/
https://software.intel.com/sites/downloads/symbols/

 

driver-symbols.png

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