Windows Debuggers: Part 1: A WinDbg Tutorial

WinDbg is a debugger that wraps NTSD and KD with a better UI. It provides command-line options like starting minimized (-m), attach to a process by pid (-p) and auto-open crash files (-z). It supports three types of commands: regular commands (e.g.: k). The regular commands are to debug processes. dot commands (e.g.: .sympath). The dot commands are to control the debugger. extension commands (e.g.