dmp

Best Flags for Crash dumps

I currently have some code that will produce a crash dump when my application crashes however i cant work out what are the best flags to use for it are. At the moment i have it using Full Memory (MiniDumpWithFullMemory) but this produces 32mg crash files. What flags should i use as to not make the crash file huge but give me the most po...

Are there any tools to read the contents of dump files created during BSoD in Windows?

Are there any tools that would help us read the contents in a Memory Dump files that is created when there is a BSoD? ...

How do I make a '.cmdtree' window dock at startup in WinDbg?

I have followed Tess Ferrandez' blog for setting up a custom theme in WinDbg. I have also started launching WinDbg automatically with -c ".cmdtree c:\mycmdtree.txt" This correctly opens my cmdtree file as a commands window, but I can't get it to dock properly. The problem appears to be that 'commands' windows can only be opened after ...

What do the 'size' numbers mean in the windbg !heap output?

I see output like this in my DMP file: Heap entries for Segment00 in Heap 00150000 00150640: 00640 . 00040 [01] - busy (40) 00150680: 00040 . 01808 [01] - busy (1800) 00151e88: 01808 . 00210 [01] - busy (208) 00152098: 00210 . 00228 [00] 001522c0: 00228 . 00030 [01] - busy (22) 001522f0: 00030 . 00018 [01] - busy...

analyse c# application dump file

Hi, I wrote a C# application that is running well on XP but freeze on Vista/7. I got an application dump (dmp file) for analysing the problem. I don't understand how to get the stack trace in C# (as I have of course the source code). I loaded symbols but it doesn't seem to load managed code, here is the stack trace : ntdll.dll!_KiFastS...

View heap in a .dmp file

I got a COM+ application (ServicedComponent's) that doesn't free it's memory (possible memory leak). I've generated a DMP file from it (about 1.4 GB large). How can I view the heap to see what all the memory are used for? ...