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It used to be that an application crash (unhandled exception) would create a mini dump in the %TEMP% folder on an XP machine, but it looks like Microsoft has changed this logic - maybe with an update.

When a user level application or a service crashes, does it still create a mini-dump? Where does it get saved?

PS: I'm not interested in the BSOD, system, or kernel dump. This pertains to a user level application crash that does not bring down Windows.

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I installed the Debugging Tools For Windows and used adplus in -crash mode in order to get the dumps I wanted.

Charles
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Are you asking about http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487440 ?

Ok, then I think you want to enable Dr Watson

http://www.scribd.com/doc/47267084/Capturing-Application-Crash-Dumps

http://serato.com/howtos/scratchlive/1925/how-to-enable-dr-watson

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  • Sorry, no. I have a C++ Win32 application that crashes on XP SP3. I want to get a mini dump from it so I can investigate the crash. I don't want to send the mini dump to MS and then wait 7 days for it to show up on Winqual so I can then download it and begin my investigation. – Charles Jun 10 '11 at 14:50