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Houdini
Houdini

Reputation: 3542

Unable to open .dmp file with Visual Studio 2012

I have some files in a Minidump folder that I would like to look at, because I am trying to track down the cause of some blue screens I occasionally get. My hard drive configuration seems to randomly change from RAID to AHCI once in awhile too, and I am hoping these files may give me some clue as to what is going on. I have Visual Studio 2012, but when I try to open the file I get:

Debugging older format crashdumps is not supported

What does this mean, and is there some kind of plug-in I can get for VS or something that will allow me to open these files? Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3704

Answers (1)

Kevin Smyth
Kevin Smyth

Reputation: 1947

BSODs write kernel dumps, which Visual Studio is not capable of processing.

Consider trying WinDbg.

Upvotes: 3

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