How can I configure windows to generate a core dump from an application?

Question

How can I configure windows to generate a core dump from an application?

I\'m using Win xp, and the application is build with Visual Studio 2003.

Answer 1

Just to throw in some other suggestions:

• ProcDump that is part of the MS SysInternals suite (it captures crashes but also does a load more, can take dumps if CPU usage spikes for an amount of time, etc)
• You can put code into your exe using MiniDumpWriteDump to save out dumps youself (which I've done in a few tools). You have control over the name and location (i.e. network path). There's some sample code here