Windbg - Unable to Load Mspdb41.dll and Shcv.dll

ID: Q173397

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following errors while trying to use the Windbg.exe program provided with the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3:

The dynamic link library Mspdb41.dll could not be found in the specified path/
Cannot load the DLL 'Shvc.dll'.

CAUSE

The Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 CD does not contain all the files necessary to run Windbg.exe. Windbg.exe requires that you have the Win32 SDK installed on the system.


Keywords          : ntstop 
Version           : WINNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 16, 1999