1

I read MSDN "using symbol server"

I am trying to download symbols from microsoft symbol server.

My symbol search path: srv*C:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

In WinDbg I always get error:

************* Symbol Loading Error Summary ************** 
Module name            Error 
ntdll                  PDB not found :
srv*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
                Unable to locate the .pdb file in this location

                       PDB not found : > srv*c:\symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
                Unable to locate the .pdb file in this location

How can I obtain the symbols from MS symbol server?

Thomas Weller
  • 55,411
  • 20
  • 125
  • 222
JamesDean
  • 11
  • 1
  • 2
  • Is it only `ntdll`? Sometimes the symbol server is a little out of date... Either way, try `.symfix` instead of manually setting the symbol path. – kichik Nov 14 '17 at 20:22
  • Related if not duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45013392/480982 – Thomas Weller Nov 15 '17 at 18:51

1 Answers1

2

because the location site is crashed! http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols open that in your browser,you will see a crashed page,normally it will show a hint page if the site is good. i try to report this but cannot find the way.-_-!!! that brought me some trouble too.

question:is there a site cached MS symbols and opened for everyone?thanks.

ABC CHN
  • 21
  • 1
  • open that site browser will show a page like you said if the site work good,but now it will show me a crash page,inner service crash page.you can try to open that to verify what i say. – ABC CHN Nov 28 '17 at 07:22
  • I fully understand what you said,and i kwnow the user agent is "Microsoft-Symbol-Server/10.0.0.0",When I write my own pdb downloader,that site is browserable,it will show a page with message like "this site is not browserable,try to use the provided helpers like symchk or windbg.....",but now it shows a page with "ExceptionType":"System.ArgumentNullException",clearly,this is an internal web service error.I never said i can download pdb with browser on that site.Well,Let's stop arguing here,thanks for your comments. – ABC CHN Nov 29 '17 at 02:18