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File:Platinum-rank-icon.png Crash Minidump Location
The default location for Windows is usually a temp directory such as:
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\ eg C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.dmp (generated by PA)
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\CrashDumps\ eg C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\CrashDumps\PA.exe.NNNNN.dmp (generated by Windows)
Crash dump files are named like:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.dmp (generated by PA on all operating systems)
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\CrashDumps\PA.exe.NNNNN.dmp (generated by Windows)
The environment variable MINIDUMP_DIRECTORY
can be used to change the location where crash minidump .dmp files are saved for local servers.