Environment
- Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions
Objective
Capture crash Dumps using Windows Error Reporting to a specified location when generated
Resolution
- Open regedit.exe
- Open key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps
- Edit DumpFolder (REG_EXPAND_SZ) to target directory
Additional Notes
You can further refine what is captured by creating a folder off DumpFolder named the specific Application desired.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\RepMgr.exe
Setting a key named DumpFolder in this path will allow you to specify custom locations for the Dumps. For example,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\RepMgr.exe
DumpFolder (REG_EXPAND_SZ) %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps
This would save Crash Dumps of RepMgr directly to the Local App Data folder directory named CrashDumps.
ProcDump provides additional options as well for this.
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