Last October the latest version of the PowerDbg tool was released, version 6.0. This release has major changes. For example, it is now easier to write scripts or otherwise just hack around the debugger, and includes the PowerDbgConsole, a bootstrapper designed to make setting up an interactive PowerDbg...

First, let me fix the title. It should be: “New PowerDbg – We Need Your Help”. I explain, a few weeks ago I received an e-mail from Piers Williams , a developer from Australia. Piers mentioned his blog article related to PowerDbg where he makes some constructive criticism. When...

This version has a fix in Parse-PowerDbgDSO . Thanks to Igor Dvorkin that found the bug and suggested the fix. DOWNLOAD POWERDBG Download PowerDbg POWERDBG FILES WinDbg.PSM1 ß Starting with this version this is the only file. INSTALLATION WinDbg.PSM1 Goes...

This script is more a template to show you how to use PowerDbg. I must say the idea is from my teammate Aaron Barth! This script collects information from all threads running managed code and gives the user statistics by threads like: - CLR stack. - Managed objects from the stack. ...

This version has two improvements and some scripts were changed to be compatible with this new version: - Starting on version 5.2 the log used to save the command output, enabling the communication between PowerShell and WinDbg is not used anymore. Now all communication uses memory so it’s faster...

So, here we go again. This is a minor version with a few new cmdlets. These new cmdlets are those that we use most of the time. DOWNLOAD POWERDBG Download PowerDbg POWERDBG FILES WinDbg.PSM1 ß Contains cmdlets used to communicate with WinDbg . Microsoft.PowerShell_Profile...

I’m very excited to present the new PowerDbg v5.0! There’s just one change, but it’s a HUGE change that makes PowerDbg extremely fast and easier to use. Let me explain: Send-PowerDbgCommand is the heart of PowerDbg . This is the cmdlet that sends information to WinDbg and retrieves information...

Brad Linscott, a teammate of mine since the old times of SIE , came up with a very helpful idea: find an automated way to get the key/value pairs from a Dictionary object. Moreover, Brad has a recipe that teaches how to get the key/value pair from a Dictionary using a manual approach, either using...

If you want to know the top 20 objects associated with the GC Handles that are leaking, you have manual work to do. Think about it: a) Run GCHandleLeaks and wait… it’s going to take time. b) Get the objects’ instances from the handles. c) Count and classify them. d) Get the 20 objects that...

This script automates a technique I’ve been using for a long time whenever I need to see the stack for exceptions hidden in a call stack and if you are like me, you prefer to use an automated approach rather than a manual approach. I’m not going to write the technique here because Mike Stall has already...

When helping my customers with scenarios in which the symptom is high CPU, I very often end up with only a dump file from the application consuming high CPU and nothing else. When you have a high CPU scenario and you have dump files, you need a Performance Monitor log in order to see the threads consuming...

This is my first script using the PowerDbg functions. It’s a good example of how to use PowerDbg to build your own scripts. PowerDbgScriptSaveModule . ps1 is the PowerShell version of my Windbg script Save_Module.txt Actually it does more than the previous version: it automatically saves the...