INFO: WinNT Drivers Built With VC++ 5.0 Require Updated WinDbg

ID: Q165969

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SUMMARY

If you use Microsoft Visual C++ version 5.0 to build Windows NT kernel mode drivers, then you need to use an updated debugger (WinDbg) to source level debug. The Windows NT debugger (WinDbg version 4.0 or earlier) cannot process the debug information generated from the Visual C++ 5.0 compiler.

We have posted an updated version of WinDbg to the SDK Web site at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/developer/sdk/default.asp
This version supports Visual C++ 5.0 symbols.

As more information becomes available, it will be posted here.

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Keywords          : kbprg NTDDKDebug NTDDKKMode 
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 1, 1999