Visual Studio 2010 "Cannot find or open the PDB file"

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Yakov picture Yakov · Dec 7, 2011 · Viewed 62.7k times · Source

I try to debug a program in Visual Studio 10, but I have a problem with breakpoints. I put *.pdb files corresponding to the *.dll files to the same directory. But while checking modules, I see that each DLL file is signed as Cannot find or open the PDB file.

How can I fix this problem? How can I check where *.pdb files are expected to be located?

Answer

wal picture wal · Dec 7, 2011

The modules (Ctrl-D, M) is a good place to sort out whats going on so you're in the right area.

Right-click the module/dll you expected the pdb to be found for and select Symbol Load Information

It should look in the same directory as your dll to begin with and if it finds the pdb will either load it or tell you that the pdb file doesnt match the dll.

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