Windows 10 - Using WinDbg to Read Mini Dump files?

So your machine has crashed and created a dump file, where is it and how do you access it?

Lets begin,

You will need the Windows 10 SDK, if you don't have it installed download it from here

Install the Debugging Tools for Windows

Next you going to need to find out where the dump file is stored. To do this from cmd.exe or the start menu run

sysdm.cpl

Then click the Start-up and Recovery tab

From the start menu launch

and that's it

Mehmood Kajee