[SUGGESTION] Windbg Installation & SYM cache setup

[jcgriff2]

From: https://www.sysnative.com/forums/sh...ting-up-Debugger?p=10739&viewfull=1#post10739

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BTW. . .

Also... I had issues setting up a local symbols cache the last few times, so I used the MS symbol cache...

There is nothing to set up; no need to download symbol packages.

The MSDL SYM site will populate the local cache; hence the reason I use a:\symbols in the MSDL SYM path in Windbg -

[font=lucida console]SRV*[h31]a:\symbols[/h31]*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[/font]

BSOS scripts use - $_symbols PARMS file -

[font=lucida console]a:\symbols[/font]

When running the BSOD scripts (uses local SYM cache), if I see missing symbols for Microsoft OS drivers, I simply kill the script execution, then 2x-click on a few of the dumps, which then runs Windbg and populates the local SYM cache with the missing symbols. Then re-run the BSOD scripts.

That is required MAX 1x/month - after Windows Updates blows through and only if Microsoft OS drivers are updated.

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To set up Windbg as the default for *.?dmp files -

Bring up an elevated Admin CMD/DOS prompt; type:

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cd /d [h32]C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows (x64)[/h32]

windbg.exe -IA
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Change path accordingly

Then you should see something like:

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WinDbg successfully registered file assocations
 for .DMP, .HDMP, .MDMP, .KDMP and .WEW.
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 OK 
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The above is how I do things; others... differently!

John