Debugging Using CDB and NTSD

This section describes how to perform basic debugging tasks using the Microsoft Console Debugger (CDB) and Microsoft NT Symbolic Debugger (NTSD).

CDB and NTSD are identical in every way, except that NTSD spawns a new text window when it is started, whereas CDB inherits the Command Prompt window from which it was invoked. The instructions in this section are given for CDB, but they work equally well for NTSD. For a discussion of when to use CDB or NTSD, see Debugging Environments.

Details are given in the following topics:

• Debugging a User-Mode Process Using CDB

• Opening a Dump File Using CDB

• Ending a Debugging Session in CDB

• Setting Symbol and Executable Image Paths in CDB

• Setting Breakpoints in CDB

• Viewing the Call Stack in CDB

• Viewing and Editing Memory in CDB

• Viewing and Editing Registers in CDB

• Configuring Exceptions and Events in CDB

• Keeping a Log File in CDB