Registry Tip : Memory Dump File

  • Section(s): Miscellaneous
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 3 out of 5 based on 2 votes.
File to dump debugging information of a crash.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Name: DumpFile
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.LOG default

Whether an existing log file is to be overwritten by a new log file.

Name: Overwrite
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 yes - default
Value: 0 no

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