WinCrashReport Editor's Review

WinCrashReport provides a free alternative to the built-in crash reporting program of Windows operating system. When an application crashes in your system the Windows operating system displays the internal crash window. In most cases this window doesn’t provide the right information to eventually debug the crash. This is where WinCrashReport comes into action. Just run it and get extensive report about the crashed application. The crash report of WinCrashReport is displayed as simple text or in HTML.

WinCrashReport doesn’t require any installation process or additional dll files. When application crashes in your system, simply run the executable of WinCrashReport (WinCrashReport.exe), and the crash report will be displayed in the lower pane of WinCrashReport. If the upper pane contains more than a single crash item, you may need to choose the correct crash item. Also, if you don’t see any crash item in the upper pane, you may try to turn on the ‘Show Internal Exceptions’ option (Under the Options menu), and then try to locate the right crash item.

As opposed to Microsoft crash reporting module, WinCrashReport allows you to get the same report format for all versions of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 7. WinCrashReport doesn’t replace the existing crash module of Microsoft and you have to manually run it when application crash occurs on your system. Unfortunately WinCrashReport can only report crashes present in 32 bit systems. A version for 64 bit is still in work and will be available soon.

Pluses: free, portable, support for Windows edition starting with Win 2000, extensive report;

Drawbacks/flaws: support only for 32 bit versions of Windows;

In conclusion: WinCrashReport is the only alternative to the built-in crash report in Windows that can offer a detailed report to match your needs of debugging.