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Hi everyone! Microsoft is making some changes to MSDN blogs, so we’re going to be moving around...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 06/19/2019

New C++ library for extending the debugger data model

Hi everyone! Late last year we released dbgmodel.h to enable consuming and extending the debugger...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 03/22/2019

WinDbg Preview 1.0.1812.12001 and new extensibility interfaces

Hi everyone and happy holidays! We've got a more extension focused release this time around, with a...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 12/19/2018

New Extensions and Samples GitHub Repo

Hi Everyone! Today we're starting a GitHub repo that we'll be adding sample scripts and extensions...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 11/06/2018

WinDbg Preview 1.0.1810.2001 Release Notes

Hi everyone! Its been a little while since we had some release notes to share! We've pushed out a...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 10/04/2018

WinDbg Preview 1.0.1807.11002 Release Notes

Hey everyone! WinDbg Preview 1.0.1807.11002 is rolling out shortly with a chunk of bug fixes and one...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 07/19/2018

WinDbg Preview 1.1805.17002.0 Release Notes

Hi everyone! We've got a mostly small release rolling out right now, but there's at least one big...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 05/21/2018

WinDbg Preview 1.1804.18003.0 Release Notes

Hey everyone! It's been a while since our last big update, but we have quite a few things to share...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 04/24/2018

Time Travel Debugging queries

Overview Do you need to debug something but hate stepping through 100s-1000s lines of code? Do you...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2018

Text highlighting in WinDbg Preview

Hi Everyone! There’s a new update rolling out to WinDbg Preview (version 1.1801.19001.0) with some...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 01/30/2018

Time Travel Debugging recording question

Hi Everyone, Welcome to a new year and we look forward to improving debugging experiences in 2018,...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 01/05/2018

WinDbg Preview 1.1712.15003 Release Notes

Hi Everyone, We're here with our last update for this year, it's largely bug fixes, but there's some...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 12/18/2017

Time Travel Debugging (TTD) file size

One question we are frequently asked is "What is the size of the TTD files?". TTD uses trace and...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 11/02/2017

Time Travel Debugging FAQ

On Monday 09/25, we announced Time Travel Debugging (TTD) as a public preview at CppCon. See the TTD...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 10/20/2017

Update on Microsoft’s Symbol Server

Update on Microsoft’s Symbol Server "Can you please make available the symbols for the latest public...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 10/18/2017

WinDbg Preview 1.0.14.0 Release Notes

Hi Everyone! We’re back and rolling out our first major update since TTD was announced! We’ve loved...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 10/18/2017

Time Travel Debugging presentation at CppCon

Time Travel Debugging presentation at CppCon Some members of our team presented Time Travel...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2017

Time Travel Debugging in WinDbg Preview!

Time Travel Debugging is now available in WinDbg Preview We are excited to announce that Time Travel...

Author: JamesP [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2017

WinDbg Preview FAQ

We've had a ton of comments on our last blog post and social media, so here's some of the top...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 08/31/2017

New WinDbg available in preview!

We are excited to announce a preview version of a brand new WinDbg. We've updated WinDbg to have...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 08/28/2017

Script Debugging Walkthrough

As I mentioned in my last post, the latest preview SDK has integrated support for debugging...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 06/30/2017

Debugger Updates in the 16225 SDK Preview

Hey Everyone! We've got a few updates for you in the 16225 SDK Preview, let's jump right in to the...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 06/29/2017

IntelliSense for debugger JavaScript APIs

Hi Everyone! Just a quick update this time. We've seen more people posting about JavaScript...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 05/18/2017

Determining process architecture with JavaScript and LINQ

It’s been a while since my last post about our JavaScript scripting and extensibility support and...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 04/13/2017

New Insider SDK and JavaScript Extensibility!

Hi Everyone! With the SDK preview 14951, we have a few changes in our debugging tools that we want...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 10/27/2016

Writing LINQ queries in WinDbg

Hi Everyone! For those of you that haven't seen, we recorded an episode of Defrag Tools with our...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 10/03/2016

KD 1394 Work-Around

Hey everyone! The most recent Windows 10 preview(build 14901) no longer includes the ability to be...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 08/11/2016

Hello!

Hi Everyone! My name is Andy Luhrs, and I'm one of the Program Managers on Debugging Tools for...

Author: Andy Luhrs Date: 08/05/2016