How to handle seg faults under Windows?

How can a Windows application handle segmentation faults? By 'handle' I mean intercept them and perhaps output a descriptive message. Also, the ability to recover from them would be nice too, but I assume that is too complicated.

How do you handle a segmentation fault?

It can be resolved by having a base condition to return from the recursive function. A pointer must point to valid memory before accessing it.

How do I find the cause of a seg fault?

Use debuggers to diagnose segfaults Start your debugger with the command gdb core , and then use the backtrace command to see where the program was when it crashed. This simple trick will allow you to focus on that part of the code.

Let them crash and let the Windows Error Reporting handle it - under Vista+, you should also consider registering with Restart Manager, so that you have a chance to save out the user's work and restart the application (like what Word/Excel/etc.. does)