sorry to necro this thread but I am having exactly the same problem. I am learning windbg and for fun I wanted to load the symbols for the stuff in my system32 folder. I used this command:
symchk /r c:\windows\system32 /s SRV*c:\symbols\*
http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
as suggested here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/311503
And yes, my path includes the directory, C:\symbols\
A bunch of stuff DOES make it into my symbols folder (here are just some of the entries that start with 'a')
C:\Symbols\aaclient.pdb\AD9EC07651BB4811AAA23AACB269CC231\aaclient.pdb
C:\Symbols\AccessibilityCpl.pdb\FECBFE362C4C44628796331728A7DDFD1\AccessibilityCpl.pdb
C:\Symbols\acledit.pdb\83C66FDF03084FB18827953978C6EB6F1\acledit.pdb
C:\Symbols\aclui.pdb\FD12383C3F8F4533ACB8021556E3B2651\aclui.pdb
C:\Symbols\acppage.pdb\DC4D3A96E2C54056AFE1D7B2817C651D1\acppage.pdb
C:\Symbols\acproxy.pdb\B883CD7E2D484B61BFC5C9693E6837B11\acproxy.pdb
C:\Symbols\ActionCenter.pdb\2E85BB67EB52485F9E6834FD5566EF5C1\ActionCenter.pdb
C:\Symbols\ActionCenterCPL.pdb\47E429926655422386F3E8906764F2861\ActionCenterCPL.pdb
C:\Symbols\ActionQueue.pdb\30E62907D5B143ECAD61D9E443C83C4A1\ActionQueue.pdb
C:\Symbols\activeds.pdb\2F11E2D365A143949321880428EF39F82\activeds.pdb
C:\Symbols\ActXPrxy.pdb\69C2FD191A2C4282A2379213346B02AD2\ActXPrxy.pdb
C:\Symbols\AdapterTroubleshooter.pdb\99FD7E3261AE492280C697058A88E1F81\AdapterTroubleshooter.pdb
C:\Symbols\AdmTmpl.pdb\AA4BD61B6E2C48539D10756522C61C251\AdmTmpl.pdb
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but my command window shows this(again just the 'a's)
SYMCHK: amdmantle64.dll FAILED - amdmantle64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: amdmmcl6.dll FAILED - amdmmcl6.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: amdocl64.dll FAILED - amdocl64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: amdocl_as64.exe FAILED - Built without debugging information.
SYMCHK: amdocl_ld64.exe FAILED - Built without debugging information.
SYMCHK: amdpcom64.dll FAILED - atimpc64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiadlxx.dll FAILED - atiadlxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiapfxx.exe FAILED - atiapfxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atibtmon.exe FAILED - Built without debugging information.
SYMCHK: aticalcl64.dll FAILED - aticalcl64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: aticaldd64.dll FAILED - aticaldd64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: aticalrt64.dll FAILED - aticalrt64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: aticfx64.dll FAILED - aticfx64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atidemgy.dll FAILED - ATIDEMGY.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atidxx64.dll FAILED - atidxx64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atieclxx.exe FAILED - atieclxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiedu64.dll FAILED - atiedu64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiesrxx.exe FAILED - atiesrxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atig6pxx.dll FAILED - atig6pxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atig6txx.dll FAILED - atig6txx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiglpxx.dll FAILED - atiglpxx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atimpc64.dll FAILED - atimpc64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atimuixx.dll FAILED - atimuixx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atio6axx.dll FAILED - atio6axx.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: ATIODCLI.exe FAILED - ATIODCLI.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: ATIODE.exe FAILED - ATIODE.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atitmm64.dll FAILED - atitmm64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiu9p64.dll FAILED - atiu9p64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiumd64.dll FAILED - atiumd64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiumd6a.dll FAILED - atiumd6a.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atiuxp64.dll FAILED - atiuxp64.pdb mismatched or not found
SYMCHK: atmfd.dll FAILED - atmfd.pdb mismatched or not found
there are also a bunch of entries with this error
SYMCHK: igfxcpl.cpl FAILED - Built without debugging information.
they all start with igfx
interstingly, my motherboard does not have integrated graphix but I guess Windows 7 includes support for it?
ANYWAY, my main question is why are a bunch of dll files giving this error "mismatched or not found"
