How to view .dmp file on Windows 7?

I have created a "minidump" file using the Visual Studio 2008 C++ debugger (Debug menu -> Save dump as...). I am running on Windo开发者_JAVA百科ws 7, 64-bit.

What program can I run to view the contents of the dump file in a meaningful way?

What information are you trying to get out of it?

WinDbg is my tool of choice.

It's part of the Windows SDK. You can get download links from here: http://www.windbg.org/

Note that there are three plaforms for it - x86, x64, and IA64. You want the version based on what the application is designed for, not your architecture. So if it is a 32-bit process, either by running on x86 Windows or WOW64 on x64 Windows, you want the x86 version. Only use x64 if the dmp came from a 64-bit process.

In my opinion WinDbg is the best.

It is supplied as part of Microsoft Windows SDK.