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Is it possible to dump the occupied memory of a process with Windows 7 API function calls instead of having to install external tools like Windbg? Taskmanager supports simple one-click memory dumps, leading me to believe that it might use the API to pull that off.



I should add, that I'm talking about memory dumps of running applications. Not those that just crashed.






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    You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

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Is it possible to dump the occupied memory of a process with Windows 7 API function calls instead of having to install external tools like Windbg? Taskmanager supports simple one-click memory dumps, leading me to believe that it might use the API to pull that off.



I should add, that I'm talking about memory dumps of running applications. Not those that just crashed.






windows api memory process dump







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    You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

    – Hans Passant
    Feb 8 '12 at 13:46














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Is it possible to dump the occupied memory of a process with Windows 7 API function calls instead of having to install external tools like Windbg? Taskmanager supports simple one-click memory dumps, leading me to believe that it might use the API to pull that off.



I should add, that I'm talking about memory dumps of running applications. Not those that just crashed.






windows api memory process dump







share|improve this question














Is it possible to dump the occupied memory of a process with Windows 7 API function calls instead of having to install external tools like Windbg? Taskmanager supports simple one-click memory dumps, leading me to believe that it might use the API to pull that off.



I should add, that I'm talking about memory dumps of running applications. Not those that just crashed.






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    You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

    – Hans Passant
    Feb 8 '12 at 13:46














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    You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

    – Hans Passant
    Feb 8 '12 at 13:46








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You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

– Hans Passant
Feb 8 '12 at 13:46





You need DbgHelp.dll. It is included with Windows 7. Not in early versions like XP. Always a good idea to just include it with your setup, you can get it from the Windows SDK (formerly "Debugging tools for Windows"). You are allowed to redistribute it.

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There is an API for this: MiniDumpWriteDump. It just requires you to pass in a few handles and an exception structure. To use it you will have to link against the Dbghelp.lib library.



This will create a dump file that is compatible with Visual Studio, so you can load it in and inspect the process memory, callstack .etc






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  • Thanks! That was what I needed :)

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There is an API for this: MiniDumpWriteDump. It just requires you to pass in a few handles and an exception structure. To use it you will have to link against the Dbghelp.lib library.



This will create a dump file that is compatible with Visual Studio, so you can load it in and inspect the process memory, callstack .etc






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There is an API for this: MiniDumpWriteDump. It just requires you to pass in a few handles and an exception structure. To use it you will have to link against the Dbghelp.lib library.



This will create a dump file that is compatible with Visual Studio, so you can load it in and inspect the process memory, callstack .etc






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There is an API for this: MiniDumpWriteDump. It just requires you to pass in a few handles and an exception structure. To use it you will have to link against the Dbghelp.lib library.



This will create a dump file that is compatible with Visual Studio, so you can load it in and inspect the process memory, callstack .etc






share|improve this answer













There is an API for this: MiniDumpWriteDump. It just requires you to pass in a few handles and an exception structure. To use it you will have to link against the Dbghelp.lib library.



This will create a dump file that is compatible with Visual Studio, so you can load it in and inspect the process memory, callstack .etc







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