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Symbol files (PDBs) are deleted from the Windows System folder after you uninstall update 971090 or update 973830 for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
After you uninstall update 971090 or update 973830 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1, some symbol files (PDBs), such as atl80.pdb or mfc80.pdb, are deleted from the Windows System folder.
To work around this issue, you can download the symbol files from the Microsoft Symbol Server. To use the Microsoft Symbol Server, you have to use the appropriate syntax in your symbol path. Typically, the syntax path uses the following format:
SRV* your local symbol folder *http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Note The
your local symbol folder placeholder represents any drive or share that is used as a symbol destination.
For example, to set the symbol path in the WinDbg debugger, type the following command at the command prompt in the debugger:
.sympath SRV*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
For more information about how to download symbol files from the Microsoft Symbol Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
311503Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=311503/
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Use the Microsoft Symbol Server to obtain debug symbol files
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
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