I am troubleshooting a .exe crash on a windows 2008 Server. I see that drwtsn32.exe is not available on Windows 2008. Is there any similar utitliy or sysitnernal utility to help me to identify this intermittent crash I can not use ADPLUS since the ADPLUs comes with the latest .net version and this has a conflict with my software. After installing the adplus , i was not able to start my application Please advise

You can use cdb or ntsd from the debugging tools for windows, http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx See also, configuring user mode dumps: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb787181%28VS.85%29.aspx -- Mike Burr

Hi, Drwtsn32.exe is removed in Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 uses a new process called Windows Error Reporting(WER) to handle the crash. In Windows Server 2008, you can also use Windows Error Reporting to collect the crash dump file, please visit the following link for details: Collecting User-Mode Dumps Also there are other utilities that can be used to debug the crash dump such as DebugDiag and WinDBG: Capturing Application Crash Dumps How to install Windbg and get your first memory dump If you really want to use drwtsn32.exe, you may visit the following guide to resurrecting Dr.Watson. Resurrecting Dr. Watson on Vista Please note: we provide the above third party link for technical use only. There may be some changes without notice, Microsoft doesn’t guarantee any accuracy on contacting information. BTW, if you are not familiar with debugging the dump file, it is recommended to contact Microsoft Customer Support Service (CSS) for a specific assistance. Best Regards DalePlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Thanks for the headups. Thanks Islandwarrior