Questions tagged [windbg]

WinDbg is a user and kernel mode debugger for Windows. It analyzes memory dumps.

WinDbg is a GUI-based, user- and kernel-mode debugger for Windows. It is part of the "Debugging Tools for Windows", a free download available from Microsoft. WinDbg is useful for the analysis of application crashes and bluescreens when a memory dump is available.

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Windows 10 ShellExperienceHost crashes

I recently cloned my Windows 10 partition from HDD to SSD. I cannot open the Start Menu, Notifications, or anything that uses ShellExperienceHost. This includes things like the Calculator app, Edge browser and the metro style right click menu when…
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How to inspect a Process Explorer full dump

I've been having some trouble with Visual Studio 2010. It stops working, and I see it increases in memory usage. So I suspect a memory leak (in one of the plugins maybe). I took a Full Dump with Process Explorer (procexp.exe), but am a bit at loss…
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An item with the same key has already been added

Running a performance analysis on DebugDiag Analysis is failed with following message: PerfAnalysis - v (2.3.0.37) Failed Dump File: C:\w3wp.DMP; Type: System.ArgumentException Message: An item with the same key has already been added. Stack…
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Windows 10 Pro 64-bit hard hang

After I installed Windows 10 on my Sony Vaio SVS13A190X laptop it started freezing periodically. Usually it happens during installation of something i.e. when there is some heavy disk usage. I have scanned all my SSD disks and all of them looks…
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Analyzing a WinDbg dump after a BSOD - "An expected clock interrupt was not received"

About six months ago I upgraded my computer hardware - new mobo, CPU, RAM, etc. It's run like a champ until just recently. This morning when I went to my computer it had a BSOD. I used WinDbg to analyze the minidump. Can someone help analyze these…
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How to install WinDbg on a PC without internet connection

I have to install only the WinDbg (not the complete SDK) on a production system. I can only find a web installer, which needs an internet connection to download the SDK/winDbg. Is it possible that I install the WinDbg on my system (with an internet…
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WinDbg Problem with ntoskrnl

I've got a similar problem to "BSOD - Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe", in that I can't seem to get the correct symbols to read ntoskrnl. I've followed the advice given by BK1E, but still can't get a result. Text from debug…
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where can I get windbg for windows 7 64bit without the whole sdk?

I am looking for windbg. Without the whole Windows SDK I saw this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2736250/getting-windbg-without-the-whole-wdk But the accepted answer, from dave black, (since MS has updated the content), seems to just be…
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Computer hangs on Sleep. Need help reading dmp file

My computer is hanging when it tries to enter sleep mode. The screen will turn off but the computer continues to run indefinitely. I have tried debugging it myself but it has exceeded my abilities. I used windows verifier to create a dmp file but I…
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BSoD DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION

I'm having a lot of BSoD's lately, so I ran Driver Verifier (verifier in command line). It generated DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATIONBSoD. Analyzing the dump with WinDbg: !analyze…
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What does the C in Cid stand for in winDbg, kdbg and livekd?

If execute the !process command in the windwos debugger you get output in this format: PROCESS fffffa8006bff940 SessionId: 0 Cid: 03ec Peb: 7f79ae1f000 ParentCid: 02e4 DirBase: 084ed000 ObjectTable: fffff8a002c3fd80 HandleCount:
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Using Windbg to find the CPU core number which a faulting thread ran on?

I've been given a 20 core CPU with an intermittent fault on some core. Allegedly it's confirmed by Intel but no further details and not replaceable under warranty, or so Im told (I can't check now). CPU returned to owner and offered to me. If I…
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BSOD BCCode 124, request for analysis of my WinDGB log

I've been experiencing system restarts for some time decribed with BSOD log by BCCode 124. I checked my RAM with MemTest for 3.5 hours with no error, then scaned system with Avast and Malwarebytes. Because problem was persisting I checked my log…
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Extract user name from memory dump with windbg

I would like to retrieve the name of the user that was signed in when the dump was created. Is that possible to do with windbg? I did some searching and couldn't find anything.
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Setting up a "!stoponexception" condition for windbg via command line / startup script?

I have a problem with an application we've made that sometimes crash with a StackOverflowException in some .NET code. Unfortunately, the app is partly unmanaged and partly managed, and for some reason the problem only exhibits itself on…
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