Dump Check Utility Dumpchk Exe

Windows Dump File Verifier

dumpchk.exe. What is it?

The dumpchk.exe is a Windows Dump File Verifier.
This file is part of Debugging Tools for Windows(R). Dumpchk.exe is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Dumpchk.exe is usually located in the %PROGRAM_FILES% sub-folder and its usual size is 20,864 bytes.

First published on TECHNET on Jan 27, 2015 Hello AskPerf! Today’s post is a quick one that points to one of Bob' Golding's Windows Troubleshooting videos. He talks about how to download/run Dumpchk.exe on your dump files to check for corruption. Check it out below: DumpCheck – youtube video D. Dumpchk is a command-line utility you can use to verify that a memory dump file has been created correctly. Dumpchk does not require access to symbols. You can download debugging tools for Windows products from the following Microsoft Web site. You can use the dumpchk.exe utility that ships with Debugging tools for Windows. Simply pass the dump file as the argument. In the generated report, you'll have the OS version and the CPU flavor, for example: Windows 7 Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) UP Free x64.

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You may load small memory dump files by using the Dump Check Utility (Dumpchk.exe). You can also use Dumpchk.exe to verify that a memory dump file has been created correctly. The Dump Check Utility does not require access to debugging symbols. The Dump Check Utility is included with the Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Tools and the Microsoft.
Dumpchk does nothing useful (except verify that it's a valid dump). If you are trying to find what is says then the info is in english (or gibberish) in Event Viewer. If you want to solve a blue.

The dumpchk.exe process is safe, and you can safely disable it.