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WinDbg is a user and kernel mode debugger for Windows.

Triggering a .NET garbage collection externally

Is there a way to trigger a garbage collection in a .NET process from another process or from inside WinDBG? …

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Memory leak debugging with windbg without user stack trace

I have a full memory dump but in this instance I don't have a user stack trace database to go …

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Specifying a command line for Windbg's Open Executable

When I use Windbg's "Open Executable..." functionality to use Windbg to step through an executable's execution, is it possible for …

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.loadby sos clr - specified module could not be found

I am trying to get to the bottom of what the CLR exception that is in my dump file but …

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What's wrong with this Windows API call WaitForSingleObject?

The process got crashed unstably in Windows 7. I use !analyze -v command in WinDbg for exception analysis. It tells below …

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How to install WinDbg when VS 2015 is already installed?

I'm trying to install WinDbg from this page, just under the Debugging Tools for Windows 10 (WinDbg) section. However, when I …

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Can I get a stacktrace from a CLR exception without attaching the VS debugger?

I have a website running on a remote server, and want to get some information from an exception that is …

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Creating minidump for access violation exception using SetUnhandledExceptionFilter()

I am using the following code to create a minidump file whenever there is a structured exception generated from my …

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Use WinDbg to Write Contents of Managed Byte[] to File

I have a crash dump from a production server that shows an OutOfMemoryException. The exception itself is not relevant here. …

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windbg dump command fails with error 0x8007012b

A customer is attempting to capture a minidump of a hang. He fires up WindDbg and successfully attaches to the …

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