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Copydbg.cmd Fails to Copy All of the Symbols from SP3 CD.

Article ID: 184821

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q184821

SYMPTOMS

The Copydbg.cmd utility included on the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 CD only copies over the debugging components and their associated symbols to the destination paths included in the command line. It does not copy over the entire set of Service Pack 3 symbols to the destination path included in the command line.

CAUSE

The inclusion of the Copydbg.cmd on Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 3 was intended to pull the new build of some of the debugging modules included in the Service Pack 3 and copy them and their associated symbols to the destination path included in the command line:

For example, if your CD-ROM is drive E, your debugging tools are in D:\Mytools, and your .DBG files are in C:\Winnt\Symbols, type the following:

copydbg e: d:\mytools c:\winnt\symbols

RESOLUTION

The Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 CD-ROM contains the Service Pack 3 symbols in an uncompressed format in the following paths on the CD-ROM:

"CD-ROM drive letter":\Support\Debug\I386\Symbols Intel
"CD-ROM drive letter":\Support\Debug\Alpha\Symbols Alpha

For debugging purposes, the Service Pack 3 symbols can be used directly from the above paths on the CD-ROM or copied over to appropriate destinations where the debugger(s) are directed to look for symbols.

Additional query words: ntdebug

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