Microsoft KB Archive/165969

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INFO: Windows NT Drivers Built With Visual C++ 5.0 or Later Require Updated WinDbg

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Q165969

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

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SUMMARY
If you use Microsoft Visual C++ compiler to build Windows NT kernel mode drivers, then you need to use an updated debugger (WinDbg) to source level debug. The Windows NT debugger (WinDbg version 4.0 or earlier) cannot process the debug information generated from the Visual C++ version 5.0 or later.

An updated version of WinDbg is available at the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/debugging" NOTE: You can also download only the debuggers from this site.

This version supports Visual C++ 5.0 and 6.0 symbols.

As more information becomes available, it will be posted here.

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