Visual Studio 2008 Pro does not open DMP files. What could be wrong?

Question

Microsoft documentation on Visual Studio states, that in order to open dump file, you need to do "File -> Open -> Project" routine.

However, for some reason, in my case VS 2008 does not see dump files - there is no Dump files (.dmp; .mdmp) option in the files filter. Dmp extension is not associated with VS 2008 either.

What could be wrong?

OS: Windows 7 64bit VS 2008 SP1 Professional. Dump has been created in 64bit machine.

PS: I've googled all web, but was not able to find a lot on the problem. Apparently, not many people encounter it.

Answer 1

Are you able to load it using the 64bit NTSD tool? Command line is:

c:\> ntsd /z dumpfile.dmp

If you're not able to load it that way, its probably corrupt in some way.

Answer 2

Solved.

After installing C++ support for Visual Studio 2008 I was able to open a dump file for .NET application.