Configuring the "Debugging Tools"

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  1. Posts : 125
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #61

    okay trying the analyze! v command as we speak,

    will post the result of reading my own dmp files on my own BSOD thread,

    cheers for the help

    KP!
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  2. Posts : 127
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #62

    It was a bit confusing installing this. I already had the Windows Performance Toolkit installed so maybe that makes the installer not work properly.

    Anyway, I downloaded sdksetup.exe from the second link here Download and Install Debugging Tools for Windows which goes to Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8

    Running that once download, WPT was already checked (as was .NET Framework 4.0) so I ticked Debugging Tools and when it had finished downloading, I ran the new sdksetup.exe in the StandaloneSDK folder but it told me that everything was already installed. Re-running the original sdksetup.exe still only shows WPT (and .NET) checked.

    After doing this a few times, it's installed and I have the shortcuts in the Start Menu under Windows Kits (next to the WPT ones I already had) but at no time did the installer offer me a choice of x86/x64 or location to install to, in fact it didn't give me any indication that it was going to install anything, nor that it had.
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  3. Posts : 1,314
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #63

    It would've had a progress bar during installation and then when complete it would've populated the Start Menu programs menu with a Debugging Tools for Windows entry. To find the x64/x86 versions of the debugger, you'll navigate to the appropriate Program Files (x86) folder (most likely Windows Kits), and then go to the Debuggers subfolder where it'll have a separate directory for each version. There's even a redistributable for when you just want to install the tool itself to a system.

    Understand that since 2009 (time this article was posted), the Windows dev kits - including their installer - has been altered considerably. That may explain the discrepancies in this tutorial.
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  4. Posts : 127
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #64

    Sure, I understand the tutorial was written a while ago. Just wanted to point out that it might be an idea to update it, as it's a bit confusing now with the current installer. :)
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit 6.1.7600 build 7600
       #65

    can I copy the dump to another computer


    Will the setup for the debugger work if I copied the .dmp file to another computer. In other words, if I config the debugger on my computer, can I debug a file I copied from another computer?
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  6. Posts : 1,314
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #66

    You mean taking a dump file from one PC and running it through the debugger on your debugging machine? Of course! How else are we tech support reading the dump files from all of you guys? :)
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit 6.1.7600 build 7600
       #67

    can you tell me what all this means?

    Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.2.9200.20512 X86
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Loading Dump File [W:\Exception.exe(1).6844.dmp]
    User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available
    Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\SymCache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
    Executable search path is:
    Windows 7 Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (4 procs) Free x86 compatible
    Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTS
    Machine Name:
    Debug session time: Thu Aug 1 08:20:20.000 2013 (UTC - 4:00)
    System Uptime: not available
    Process Uptime: 0 days 0:03:45.000
    ................................................................
    ....................
    Loading unloaded module list
    ....
    This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it.
    The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr.
    (1abc.10d0): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available)
    *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for msvbvm60.dll -
    eax=002b1024 ebx=021a6fa4 ecx=00ffffff edx=0219f360 esi=01666234 edi=00000000
    eip=72949e85 esp=0012fd3c ebp=0012fd58 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
    cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00010202
    msvbvm60!EbLoadRunTime+0xfa3:
    72949e85 ff5104 call dword ptr [ecx+4] ds:0023:01000003=????????
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  8. Posts : 1,314
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #68

    It starts off with basic info about the dump file, symbols, and the system state at time of the crash (e.g. "Debug session time" is time of crash).

    The second half tells you that it has an exception context stored in it of an exception that occurred during the dump file - primarily the exception that triggered the crash. It tells you the type of exception (c0000005 - memory could not be read/written/executed). It then alerts you that symbols for a particular module that's related (msvbvm60.dll) could not be found, and then dumps the CPU register contents during the exception and the instruction that caused it (msvbvm60!EbLoadRunTime+0xfa3).

    To set to the context of Windbg to the point of the exception, follow what it says (type .ecxr command). Best step after that would be to dump the callstack with the kv command.

    Your other option is to type !analyze -v. This will have a basic analysis engine sift through the data and display to you a general synopsis of what it thinks was the problem. You can use this as a starting point for your own manual analysis.
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  9. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #69

    Access denied


    It wont let me access my dump files. I keep getting something that says:

    Could not find the
    C:\Windows\Minidump\111713-24359-01.dmp Dup File, Win32
    error 0n5

    Access is Denied

    I believe I need to turn on administrator priviliges but I could be wrong, any advice on what to do here?
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  10.    #70

    MrHintz said:
    It wont let me access my dump files. I keep getting something that says:

    Could not find the
    C:\Windows\Minidump\111713-24359-01.dmp Dup File, Win32
    error 0n5

    Access is Denied

    I believe I need to turn on administrator priviliges but I could be wrong, any advice on what to do here?
    Read my blog post here - BSODTutorials: Access Denied Message with WinDbg and Dump Files - ProcMon
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