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Title	What are *.dmp files on Windows ?

URL Name	What-are-dmp-files-on-Windows

Article Number	000186673

Environment	Product: OpenEdge Version: All supported versions OS: Windows 2012

Question/Problem Description

What are *.dmp files on Windows ?
Why are there <OE executable>.*.dmp files created on the system ?

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.dmp files are Windows debugging dump files.
They are created when a process crashes, if the Windows is configured to do so.

To analyse them, use the Windows debugging tools.
If no analysis is required, they can safely be deleted.

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References to Other Documentation:
Microsoft KB article "How to read the small memory dump file that is created by Windows if a crash occurs" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/315263)

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Last Modified Date	11/12/2015 5:22 PM