Mini dump created but empty

[tbatwork828]

Visual Studio 2005. I have compiled my dlls/exes in Release mode and
also setting
Debug Info="full"under Project - Properties - Build - select "Release"
under "Configuration" drop down - the Advanced button at the bottom.
When I compile, I get all pdbs for each dll/exe. We are running Win
XP. At the client, my app then crashes, and a dump is created on the
user machine where the app runs, but it is completely empty. Of
course, I would like to get a mini dump to generate so that I can do
post mortem analysis with the pdbs I created. I thought the mini dumps

are always generate on WinXP when a managed app errors out with an
unhandled exception. Any info - am I missing a .NET or XP setting I
need to enable on the user machine...? Of course, on my developer
in-house machine I get the mini dumps created. thx

 

[t.cruise]

The only setting I know: Right click My Computer, left click Properties. When the System
Properties window opens click the Advanced Tab. On the Advanced tab under the heading
Startup and Recovery click the Settings button. Under the heading Write Debugging
Information click on the arrow for the drop down menu and select the option that you want.
Then set the two options below (path and overwrite file) to meet your needs. Click the OK
button at the bottom of that window, and the Apply and OK buttons if there is a remaining
window. Then reboot for the new settings to take effect.

 

[S.Sengupta]

How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315263

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]