MiniDump (as part of DBGHELP.DLL)

[EiSl]

Hello folks, I'm currently working on my own Unhandled Exception Handler in order to provide me more information regarding the crash occurred and make a 'grateful' crash ;) . When checking the DGBHELP-library (MSDN) it also provides " User-mode Minidump Files" (crash dumps), that can be loaded within a debugger (like WinDBG). Now my questions: 1. Very little info is provided in MSDN about these MiniDumps: what exactly do they dump and how to use it (is it usefull)? 2. MSDN states: "You can use this function on versions of Windows prior to Whistler without redistributing DbgHelp.dll. To do so, link with the static library MiniDump.lib, which is included in the Platform SDK." No way I can find the Minidump.lib in the latest SDK, or more information about this. What about this library? Any info about this MiniDump is highly appreciated! Thanks, EiSl