A core dump or crash dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally
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Cross platform crash-reporters
Are there any cross platform crash reporters for C++ besides google-break pad? I have seen google-breakpad but it has very very limited documentation, and I have nothing seen very much mentioned here, google or other source websites

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Crash Reporter with feedback system for C# application using native components
Goal
I'm searching for tools / frameworks which allow my C# to be monitored against failures and especially crashes.
Background information
I've a C# application using the Chromium Embedded Framework for hosting a web application with access to OS…

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Parse the crash dump in WinDbg for private bytes (other than managed heap)?
I want to parse the full crash dump (*.dmp) file and get the private bytes data. I know that VMMap of SysInternals can tell me how much my private bytes, heap etc are all but what I need is if I have the dump, I should be able to parse it and get…

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Dump File analysis
Recently I start facing issue on few servers where CPU start consuming more resources than usual trend. I am trying to find out the root cause for this and took the dump of w3wp process from Task Manager(right click on process and took the…

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Is there a way to know the thread id in another process which throws an exception?
I am trying to use MiniDumpWriteDump() API to dump a crashed process B from another process A. I am doing this because MSDN said so:
MiniDumpWriteDump should be called
from a separate process if at all
possible, rather than from within the
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Exception Access Violation Java?
I'm currently writing a JNI project where I'm getting the following error log when trying to run my Java code. It tells me that the problematic frame is a jvm.dll one, and in trying to isolate the problem, I'm trying to work out where exactly my…

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Windows Error Reporting doesn't generate mini dump for a .NET 4 application sometimes
I'm trying to diagnose a crash issue for a .NET 4 application. The last time it crashes in a user's machine, Windows Error Reporting doesn't gather the mini dump of the application. I've check the DumpFolder in registry, and I can find the dump…

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How do I retrieve Register Context from AccessViolationException?
I have a x64 crash dump of a managed (C#) application that p/invokes to native code. The dump was taken after the native code attempted to dereference a bad memory location, and after the .NET marshaler had turned it into an…

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Whats the impact of having multiple crash reporting tools in Android App
In my app ,i have integrated Crashlytics ,ACRA and Google Analytics for reporting crashes
-> is there any side effect of one on others ?
-> Which one is better to use.
-> How crash reporting tools work ,if one caught the crash how other will get to…

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Source information is missing from the debug information for this module
I'm trying to debug a dump file (.DMP) in Visual Studio 2013. I clicked on "Debug with Managed only" action and cannot get pass this error:
Source not available
Source information is missing from the debug information for this module
You can view…

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How do I get a string description of a Win32 crash while in Top level filter (I am looking for the address of the instruction at the top of the stack)
If I use a class/method like the one described here how can I get the description/address of the call at the top of the stack?
Basically I want some value I can use in a call to our bug tracking system. I want to "uniquely" identify based on the…

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Why would an app crash with _objc_msgSend_uncached
Is a document or a place to find information information on what would cause _objc_msgSend_uncached in a crash report?
more info on the crash
libobjc.A.dylib 0x37e623cc _objc_inform
4 libobjc.A.dylib 0x37e616f2 …

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How can I change a module's checksum in a minidump?
The software that I write (and sell) is compressed and encrypted before I distribute it. Everytime I release a new build, I keep all the .map files and the generated binaries including the exe before it is compressed and encrypted.
When it crashes…

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Does the size of the core file reflects the memory usage when the application crashed?
My application(C++ on Sol 10 - 32 bit) crashed, and the size of the core generated by the application is 4 GB. Can I assume the application may use memory up to 4 GB (same as the size of the core file) when it is about to crash? PS. My application…

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ASP.NET: High CPU usage under no load
I´m facing a huge problem since a couple weeks. I´ve an asp.net application hosted under IIS7 (W2008 SP1), and every a couple hours it starts consuming near 50% of the CPU when maybe there're no users connected.
It´s understandable since we are…

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