Windows 7 and dr watson

Sign in to vote. Wednesday, December 1, PM. Hi hauld , For the dump file path, I think you can reference the my last reply, but because of I have not found the log file in windows 7, and also found the following information said that there's no dr watson file in windows vista, and I think the windows 7 may be has not this file. Have a nice weekend! Saturday, December 11, AM. Marked as answer by hauld Friday, December 3, PM.

Friday, December 3, PM. WriteLine File. Exists curFile? Thursday, December 2, PM. Friday, December 3, AM. Hi hauld, If the question was solved by yourself, the community members would glad to hear your experiences on the issue like this. According to the registry information to find the file path in system. Have a nice day! Monday, December 6, AM.

Monday, December 6, PM. And maybe this information helpful for you: How to read the 64 bit x64 part of the registry from a 32 bits x86 C application If there's anything unclear, please feel free to let me know. Tuesday, December 7, AM.

Thursday, December 9, PM. Hi hauld , Have you clear about this doubt on this question? Watson program is installed by default in Windows, and is configured to run when an application error occurs with a data value of 1 for the Auto value. The default values are as follows:. Alternative debuggers will have their own values and parameters. Check whether the problem is fixed. If the problem is fixed, you are finished with this section. If the problem is not fixed, you can contact support.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Disable or enable Dr. I would like to trigger a crash dump for a 64 bit Win 7 box that is crashing when an app calls GetOpenFilename.

I thought that Dr. Watson could be used and found a reg entry that configures it. But there do not appear to be any files found when the 64 bit Win 7 box is searched using "DrWatson.

Someone else suggested using windbg but that looks more complicated than the full user-mode dumps you linked to. I read the article on full user-mode dumps and don't see where my app crash fits in to this scenario. The WER dialog never appears. During the call to GetOpenFilename the app just disappears either before the Open dialog is shown or a very short time afterward.

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