Microsoft KB Archive/173397

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Windbg - Unable to Load Mspdb41.dll and Shcv.dll

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ID: Q173397

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following errors while trying to use the Windbg.exe program provided with the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3:

The dynamic link library Mspdb41.dll could not be found in the specified path/

Cannot load the DLL 'Shvc.dll'.

CAUSE
The Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 CD does not contain all the files necessary to run Windbg.exe. Windbg.exe requires that you have the Win32 SDK installed on the system.

Keywords : ntstop

Version : WINNT:4.0

Platform : winnt

Issue type : kbprb

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