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Using WinDbg to debug managed code

I consider myself to be an expert WinDbg user, when it comes to debugging unmanaged x86 code. I haven't used WinDbg much on managed code, and when I did, I found it quite painful.

Via Scott Guthrie's blog, I discovered Tess Ferrandez's blog. Tess is an escalation engineer in PSS who specializes in ASP.NET and a WinDbg virtuoso. Scott has a list of her best posts. Mind-blowing stuff, but not for the faint of heart.

Posted: Feb 07 2006, 12:59 PM by george_v_reilly | with 2 comment(s)
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kfz-versicherung said:

Only masochists debug managed code with WinDbg.

Its nearly impossible to do :/
# February 7, 2006 4:51 PM

George V. Reilly said:

It's definitely an exercise in masochism, but the SOS extension exposes a lot of stuff that I don't think you can get to using the Visual Studio debugger. Things like the managed heap, memory leaks, and CLR internals.
# February 7, 2006 5:28 PM
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