How to make C# application crash

Question

I want to test if my application crash dump can be debugged. But firstly, I need to generate a crash dump of my application. I\'m using C# to code my app, and have tried wit

Answer 1

A surefire way to do it is as follows:

ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(ignored => 
{
   throw new Exception();
}));

All the others can be handled by the top level ApplicationDomain.OnUnhandledException and the like.

This one will kill it dead (assuming .NET 2.0+, and not using 'legacyUnhandledExceptionPolicy': http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228965.aspx).