Guest Judith Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Today, using Disc Cleanup, I noticed a category that I have never seen before: Debug Dump Files. I am not having any problems with my computer, but haven't a clue what these are. I'm afraid when I went to the support area of Microsoft web site, it was over my head as I have not created these files, at least not on purpose. What are they and should I allow Disc Cleanup to erase them?
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Re: Debug Dump Files >Today, using Disc Cleanup, I noticed a category that I have never seen >before: Debug Dump Files. I am not having any problems with my computer, but >haven't a clue what these are. I'm afraid when I went to the support area of >Microsoft web site, it was over my head as I have not created these files, at >least not on purpose. What are they and should I allow Disc Cleanup to erase >them? Dump files are often created when either windows crashed or some other program crashes and dumps a file that can be debugged. You can get rid of them if you want, no harm. If you feel like debugging them, go nuts at the MS Debugger site: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.Mspx - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Judith Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Re: Debug Dump Files Thanks, I'll do that. "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >Today, using Disc Cleanup, I noticed a category that I have never seen > >before: Debug Dump Files. I am not having any problems with my computer, but > >haven't a clue what these are. I'm afraid when I went to the support area of > >Microsoft web site, it was over my head as I have not created these files, at > >least not on purpose. What are they and should I allow Disc Cleanup to erase > >them? > > Dump files are often created when either windows crashed or some other > program crashes and dumps a file that can be debugged. You can get rid > of them if you want, no harm. If you feel like debugging them, go nuts > at the MS Debugger site: > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.Mspx > > - Thee Chicago Wolf >
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