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I'm writing a Java class to pull the version # of Windows from the registry, and then using this number to determine whether or not I need to create registry values to create a local dump. If not I need to know where to look for the dump files. Which versions of windows already have this feature through Watson or anything else?

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  • Are you trying to trap the dump file locally? – rrirower Jul 21 '14 at 15:38
  • Yes, for those versions of windows that don't do that already. Some older versions do via Watson, but I wasn't sure exactly which versions already have this capability or where to find their dumps. – user3768274 Jul 21 '14 at 16:31

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Vista was the first OS to fully embrace the WER system. With that, several registry settings were made available to configure how Windows Error Reporting would work. The one(s) you're interested in are the "LocalDumps" keys. It's an easy task to write a utility program to set these flags including the target folder for the dump files.

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