What combination of MINIDUMP_TYPE enumeration values ​​will give me the most “complete” mini dump?

I want my application to create a mini dump to help debug unused exceptions.

Maybe I don’t know what type of mini-dump I want until a dump is created, so which MINIDUMP_TYPE flags should I use to give me the most complete dump?

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I came up with the following list using the DebugInfo.com link (thanks to David) and the MSDN page. Not all flags are listed in the DebugInfo.com link.

Using these flags should create a comprehensive but large mini-dump.

Include:

MiniDumpWithFullMemory - the contents of every readable page in the process address space is included in the dump. MiniDumpWithHandleData - includes info about all handles in the process handle table. MiniDumpWithThreadInfo - includes thread times, start address and affinity. MiniDumpWithProcessThreadData - includes contents of process and thread environment blocks. MiniDumpWithFullMemoryInfo - includes info on virtual memory layout. MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules - includes info from recently unloaded modules if supported by OS. MiniDumpWithFullAuxiliaryState - requests that aux data providers include their state in the dump. MiniDumpIgnoreInaccessibleMemory - ignore memory read failures. MiniDumpWithTokenInformation - includes security token related data. 

Exclude:

 MiniDumpNormal - value is 0 so always implicitly present, unless excluded by a callback (which I won't be doing). MiniDumpWithPrivateReadWriteMemory - excludes contents of shared memory. MiniDumpWithIndirectlyReferencedMemory - includes memory pages referenced by pointers on the stack, but assuming MiniDumpWithFullMemory already includes all pages in the process address space anyway. MiniDumpWithDataSegs - contents of writable data sections are already included by specifying MiniDumpWithFullMemory MiniDumpWithCodeSegs - assuming MiniDumpWithFullMemory includes this. MiniDumpWihtoutOptionalData - suppresses all memory operations other that MiniDumpNormal. MiniDumpFilterMemory - filters out contents of stack memory (also has no effect if MiniDumpWithFullMemory used). MiniDumpFilterModulePaths - removes module paths from the dump. MiniDumpScanMemory - used to exclude memory for specific modules via callbacks. MiniDumpWithPrivateWriteCopyMemory - assume MiniDumpWithFullMemory already includes this. 
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Read the Efficient mini-drives on DebugInfo.com , it looks like this will help you find a solution.

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