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Where does windows error reporting create the dump file

I just want to find out which location does the WER write its dump file? Also is this location specific to OS?

Solution

  • The documentation for WER says you can set registry setting to control the dump location and the type of dump

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\DumpFolder

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\DumpType

    Default value for DumpFolder is %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps.