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Windows: How to read a .dmp file?

  • February 16, 2013
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Problem

  • Product Name: VisiBroker
  • Product Version: All
  • Platform/OS Version: Windows

When a process (the Smart Agent, for example) exits on Windows, it would leave a user.dmp file in the system directories. How does one read and analyze this .dmp file?

Resolution

The windbg tool can be used to read the .dmp file. For example:

>windbg -z user.dmp

If the machine where this above command is executed does not have a complete symbol file in comparison to the machine where this .dmp file was generated, the additional symbol files can be downloaded from the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/symbolpkg.mspx


Alternately, one can use kd.exe (kernel debug) of the same Windows debug tools package to analyze the .dmp file:

kd -z -y [-i ]
 

Old KB# 26480


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