http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/archive/2006/11/30/grabbing-dmp-files-from-crash-dialogs.aspxIf you're a company wanting to get access to the data from the crash dialog, this article isn't for you. But this is . Also, I am not an expert in this topic. Now that that is off my chest, and we've all had fair warning, here's my scenario: I've doneen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/archive/2006/11/30/grabbing-dmp-files-from-crash-dialogs.aspx#1201902Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:49:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1201902Glen Gordon (Not the Microsoft one)<p>If you kill off the dwwin.exe process the dump files are free and clear to be copied. &nbsp;No need to go through the backup/restore process.</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/archive/2006/11/30/grabbing-dmp-files-from-crash-dialogs.aspx#1202516Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:51:45 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1202516jfoscoding<p>SWEET! &nbsp;Awesome tip!</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/archive/2006/11/30/grabbing-dmp-files-from-crash-dialogs.aspx#1215752Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:34:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1215752DanielMoth<p>Yet one more reason to move to Windows Vista!</p> <p>Look at the screenshot of this post:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2006/10/vista-werregisterfile.html">http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2006/10/vista-werregisterfile.html</a></p> <p>Clicking &quot;View a temprary copy of these files&quot; will give you the minidump if it was one of the files that got sent/queued ;-)</p>