Win2k Debug Symbols

[chiph]

Does anyone know where the debug symbols are located for Windows 2000 Professional? I've done a search on MSDN without spotting them.

In the past, they've been on the NT4.0 CD, and you just ran the "Symbol Setup" icon supplied with Visual Studio. But my new computer only comes with a "preload" copy of Win2K, and they weren't on the supplied CD.

TIA
Chip H.

 

[palbano]

Chip,

The following excerpt if from this article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/gendepdebug.htm

The CD referred to is 'Disk 15' in the 'Development Platform' section of the MSDN Enterprise subscription.

Hope this helps
-pete

The Windows 2000 CD does not contain the debug symbols. You will need to obtain the Windows 2000 Customer Support and Diagnostic Tools CD. This CD ships with the server variations of Windows 2000 but not with Windows 2000 Professional.

To install the Windows 2000 debug symbols

Start H:\Symbols\I386\Retail\SymbolsX.exe, where H: is your CD-ROM drive.


When prompted for the directory, type in the path to your symbols directory (for example, C:\Winnt\Symbols).
Unless you are using Windows 2000, you will most likely need to deploy the Visual C++ run-time components. The Visual C++ run-time components are system components under Windows 2000, which you do not redistribute. Windows 2000 supplies debug symbols for these components on the Windows 2000 Customer Support and Diagnostic Tools CD.

 

[chiph]

Palbano -

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunatly, I don't have an Enterprise subscription to MSDN :-(

I'll do a search on the Microsoft site to see if the Windows 2000 Customer Support and Diagnostic Tools are available as a separate download or purchase.

Ahhh, this stinks. Why couldn't they have put them on the CD like they did for NT????

Chip H.