Questions tagged [symbol-server]
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How to debug into my nuget package deployed from TeamCity?
I have put a library that my team uses into a nuget package that is deployed from TeamCity into a network folder. I cannot debug into this code though! SymbolSource is one solution I have read about but I would much rather find some way to have…

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How can you change an age-mismatched PDB to match properly?
Our nightly build process was broken for a long time, such that it generated PDB files that were a few hours different in age than the corresponding image files. I have since fixed the problem.
However, I would like to start using a symbol…

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Setting up a public (or private) symbol server over http
Every piece of documentation I've found (references 1 through 5) talks about setting up a symbol server by using a shared UNC path, and then putting the correct settings available to the local debugger instance (whether _NT_SYMBOL_PATH or the Visual…

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What does setting up a symbol server give me?
I read through this article: Setting up a Symbol Server, which goes into details on how to set up a shared symbol server for my team.
The thing I'm wondering about is adding my own symbols into the store.
My question is this: What exactly is it that…

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Why can't I find System.Web.pdb on referencesource.microsoft.com?
SYMSRV: http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols/System.Web.pdb/E6EBD6B61CEA407591438CC4E48036891/System.Web.pdb not found
http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols: Symbols not found on symbol server.
SYMSRV: System.Web.pdb from…

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How do I create and use a symbol server?
I created a powershell script that gets all the pdb files from the drop location after the build is set to release and copies them to a folder that is shared on the network.
I also created a sample application and I added the nuget packages that…

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Azure DevOps SourceLink and Symbol Server with Release DLL in Nuget package
I have a .NET Standard 2.0 TestSouceLink project with the following configuration in the .csproj:
netstandard2.0
PackageReference
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Microsoft Symbol Server / Local Cache Hash Algorithm
I am trying to figure out what hashing algorithm is used for the Microsoft Symbol Local Cache directory.
For example, the local cache can be something like the following
L:\Symbols
\browseui.dll
\44FBC679fe000
browsue.dll
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Visual Studio doesn't cache Microsoft Symbol Server cache misses?
I'm using the Microsoft Symbol Server with Visual Studio 2008 and it's working pretty well. Unfortunately, when the public symbol server doesn't contain the symbols, it takes a while to timeout, and Visual Studio attempts to reload the same missing…

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dotPeek symbol server not providing source code to VS2013 debugger
My understanding of dotPeek symbol server feature is as follows:
Whenever IDE asks for debugging information on a given assembly dotPeek decompiles the assembly and symbols (+ decompiled source code?) back to IDE.
Yet my experience is as…

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Windows Debugging Symbols - Not Loading
I am having Windows 7 x64 SP1. I have downloaded symbols from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463028
I have downloaded and installed x64 RTM and x64 SP1 symbols for Windows 7 x64 SP1. Installed on T:\Symbols folder.
But When I…

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Debugging NuGet Packages - Symbols with Sources not showing
I'm trying to build out both the nuget packages and symbols for my library. I'm using TeamCity to build the packages, then pushing them to my internal SymbolSource repo.
Everything seems to be building/packaging/pushing fine, but when I go to debug…

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Symbol servers explanation
In this answer the user suggests using Symbol Servers.
Can anyone explain how they work and how to set it up (if possible) with TFS 2008?

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View source code from a "Symbols Server" without debugging?
I know it's possible to publish our source/symbols to a symbol server, or use something like SymbolSource.org to allow us to step into the code when we are referencing a DLL.
But I have found no way to access this same code when we are not in a…

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Cannot find Symbol Source code when debugging Nuget package
I have a build server that builds an internal Nuget package. When I use that package and try to step into a method it doesnt work.
All symbols are published to my symbols server and I have enabled this in my VS settings.
If I check the Modules…

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