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Thanks both of your posts were what I was looking for.
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Thanks both of your posts were what I was looking for.

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I run a game server company. Latley a particular game application (srcds.exe) has been crashing without producing any sort of error messages except for the mdmp file.<br />
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I believe the mdmp file will have the info I need to find out the cause of the crash. I tried to use Visual Studio 2008 but it gives me an error about Symbols not loaded. What are these Symbols?<br />
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Could sombody please explain how I would go about reading this mdmp file?<br />
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By the way I tried to attach the mdmp file but expert-exchange won't allow. So I renamed it to txt. Please rename it back to mdmp. I have more mdmp files <br />
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Steam mdmp files. Unzip and rename all txt files to mdmp

steam-mdmp-files.zip

I run a game server company. Latley a particular game application (srcds.exe) has been crashing without producing any sort of error messages except for the mdmp file.

I believe the mdmp file will have the info I need to find out the cause of the crash. I tried to use Visual Studio 2008 but it gives me an error about Symbols not loaded. What are these Symbols?

Could sombody please explain how I would go about reading this mdmp file?

By the way I tried to attach the mdmp file but expert-exchange won't allow. So I renamed it to txt. Please rename it back to mdmp. I have more mdmp files 

How to read a mdmp file and identify the cause of the crash.

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