Reading Vista MiniDumps

[bobbyforhire]

What is anybody/everybody using to read the .dmp files in the c:\windows\minidump folder.

 

[BadBigBen]

have you tried notepad?

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[linney]

Download Windows Symbol Packages

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/symbolpkg.mspx

Debugging Tools and Symbols: Getting Started

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/debugstart.mspx

314084 - How to gather information after a memory dump in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314084&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

315271 - How to Use Dumpchk.exe to Check a Memory Dump File

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315271&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

254649 - Overview of memory dump file options for Windows 2000, for Windows XP, and for Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;254649&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

315263 - How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315263&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[bobbyforhire]

What is the symbols package?

I have used notepad but dmpcheck.exe is saposed to be the way to do it but i couldn't find it for vista.

 

[linney]

I think you have to use the WinDBG (in the Windows Debugging Tools) or download it from

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

Symbols are used in debugging with each operating system having its own version of "symbols", there might even be service pack differences.

Minidump reader

http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-general/96355-minidump-reader.html