Analyze crash dump files by using WinDbg

You can analyze crash dump files by using WinDbg and other Windows debuggers.

For information on installing WinDbg, see Install WinDbg.

Note

This content is for developers. If you're a Microsoft customer and your computer displays a blue screen error code, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.

This section includes these articles:

Kernel-mode dump files

User-mode dump files

Extract information from a dump file

CAB files that contain paging files in a memory dump