# Primary locations locations = [ r"C:\Windows\Minidump\*.dmp", r"C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\*.dmp", r"C:\Windows\*.dmp" ]
# Check default minidump location if (Test-Path $CustomPath) $minidumps = Get-ChildItem -Path $CustomPath -Filter "*.dmp" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue foreach ($dump in $minidumps) $dumpInfo = [PSCustomObject]@ FileName = $dump.Name FullPath = $dump.FullName SizeMB = [math]::Round($dump.Length / 1MB, 2) CreatedDate = $dump.CreationTime ModifiedDate = $dump.LastWriteTime DumpType = "Minidump" CrashTime = (Get-Date $dump.CreationTime -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") $results += $dumpInfo
// Get dump configuration from registry public string GetDumpConfiguration() how to find minidump files windows 11
:: Check for full memory dump if exist "C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP" ( echo. echo Full memory dump found: dir "C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP" ) else ( echo. echo No full memory dump found )
string dumpType = "Not configured"; using (var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl")) if (key != null) int crashDumpEnabled = (int)key.GetValue("CrashDumpEnabled", 0); dumpType = crashDumpEnabled switch 0 => "None", 1 => "Complete memory dump", 2 => "Kernel memory dump", 3 => "Small memory dump (Minidump)", 4 => "Automatic memory dump", _ => "Unknown" ; return dumpType; # Primary locations locations = [ r"C:\Windows\Minidump\*
:: Check Minidump directory if exist "C:\Windows\Minidump*.dmp" ( echo Found minidump files: echo. dir "C:\Windows\Minidump*.dmp" /O-D /T:W echo.
return $results Find-MiniDumps Find-MiniDumps -IncludeFullDumps Find-MiniDumps -ExportToCSV 3. C# Implementation (Windows Application) using System; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Collections.Generic; using Microsoft.Win32; public class MinidumpFinder dir "C:\Windows\Minidump*
Console.WriteLine($"File: dump.FileName"); Console.WriteLine($"Path: dump.FullPath"); Console.WriteLine($"Size: dump.SizeBytes / 1024 / 1024 MB"); Console.WriteLine($"Created: dump.CreatedTime"); Console.WriteLine($"Type: dump.DumpType"); Console.WriteLine("---");