How Do You Get a Memory Dump of a Specific Process in Windows?

Problem scenario
You want to generate and retrieve a memory dump of a specific process on a Windows server. How to you take or get a memory dump of a given process?

Solution
1. Launch Task Manager as Administrator. Search for Task Manager and right click it and go to "Run as Administrator"

2. Go to "Create dump file"

3. You'll see a window that says "Dumping process" and that the file has been created. The window should say the exact location. The file will be a .DMP file.

(These directions were tested on Windows Server 2019 Datacenter. They should work for other versions of Windows too.)

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