Sometimes when you are troubleshooting with Process Explorer, it’s helpful to be able to view functions in threads to isolate a problem. The same goes for Process Monitor when viewing the Stack tab in the properties of an operation. By default, Process Explorer and Process Monitor will point to the dbghelp.dll in the windows\system32 folder, but this is a stripped down version and doesn’t support symbol server functionality. Instead, you need the dbghelp.dll from the Windows Debugging Tools to properly resolve symbols, otherwise you will encounter the Process Explorer Warning box when you click the Threads tab in process properties:
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Archive for January 31st, 2012
Resolve Symbols in Process Explorer-Monitor Without Installing the Debugging Tools
Posted by William Diaz on January 31, 2012
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