When troubleshooting memory related issues you will run GCRoot against objects in a given MethodTable. The process of GCRoot'ing each of the objects individually to chase down a root can be hit and miss. Use the command below to run GCRoot against a given...

A list of tools I commonly use to troubleshoot and debug .NET applications. Windbg is a no-frills, lightweight debugger of choice for analyzing memory dumps. It's Sometimes used in production for live debugging. It is a unmanaged debugger and requires...

ADPlus is the single most tool I use to collect memory dumps in production environments. A useful application of ADPlus is to monitor a .NET application for the occurance of a manged exception (both system or custom) and do something (collect a memory...