Generating .NET crash dumps automatically

Question

I know how to generate Crash Dump files with ADPlus or DebugDiag, but I\'m wondering if there is a way to do this on a customer\'s computer without installing these tools...

Answer 1

You could P/Invoke dbghelp.dll's MiniDumpWriteDump function in the AppDomain.UnhandledException event.

In this event you could dump a log of the .NET exception data and write a minidump to file.

There's also a thread on the MSDN forums which describes the P/Invoke signature and proper usage.