title: How to disable minidump (mdmp) files generation with Java Hotspot JVM on Windows
body: <p>Currently I have a deployed executable jar file that creates large (7+ Gb) minidump files when it crashes. I would like to have a text representation of what caused the crash, not a binary file of the JVM state. I've tried using the information found in <a href="http://www.coderanch.com/t/604153/Tomcat/Disable-Minidumps-Java" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this CodeRanch post</a> and the documentation that I've found <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in the Java documentation</a> doesn't seem to help.</p>
  
  <p>I also referenced <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9162842/how-do-i-stop-mdmp-files-from-being-created">this question</a> but there's no definitive answer.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a typical way this is done that I'm not aware of?  </p>