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Monday, August 20, 2007 8:00 AM

MiniDumpAuxiliaryDlls and KnownManagedDebuggingDlls

I accidentally stumble on these two registry keys. And the expert in Windows Debugger team answers my question. -----Original Message----- From: Subject: RE: managed minidump Auxiliary DLLs are loaded inside of MiniDumpWriteDump when it finds a registered
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Monday, August 13, 2007 8:00 AM

Loading CLR DAC dll from a different path

From .Net framework 2.0, CLR creates a debugger helper dll mscordacwks.dll. The dll is used by Windows Debugger to enumerate CLR data structures. Mscordacwks.dll is part of .Net framework redist. C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>dir mscordacwks.dll
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Monday, August 06, 2007 8:00 AM

The Unusual Ref/Def Mismatch FileLoadException

One of my colleagues has experienced a very strange Ref/Def Mismatch FileLoadException (The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference). After a long investigation, we finally track down the cause. To explain the problem,
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Monday, August 06, 2007 12:18 AM

The sequence of interactions between CLR loader and fusion during Assembly.Load

The following describes roughly the sequence of interactions between CLR loader and fusion during Assembly.Load() in .Net framework 2.0. 1. User calls Assembly.Load. 2. Loader pass the assembly reference to fusion. 3. Fusion checks to see if the assembly
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:00 AM

advantages and disadvantages of delay load (LoadLibrary)

Some knowledgeable people posted the following wisdom about delay load. Archived here to share. The advantages are that dlls get loaded only when they are used, and you can “statically” bind to an i mport that may not exist at runtime, and as long as
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