What is the difference between CDB and WinDbg?

The only different between CDB, KDB and WinDBG is that CDB/KDB are console only and can debug only user-mode and kernel-mode respectively, while WinDBG has UI and can be used to debug both modes.

How to stop WinDbg from debugging?

Choose Stop Debugging from the Debug menu. Press SHIFT+F5. Click the Stop debugging (Shift+F5) button on the toolbar.

How to analyze memory dump using WinDbg?

With WinDbg installed, follow these steps to read the memory dump file.

  1. Click the File menu.
  2. Click File, click Open source file, and then click Open dump file. …
  3. Analyze the file by typing ! …
  4. Once the analysis is complete, Windows Debugger shows the file causing the bluescreen.

What is the difference between KD and WinDbg?

WinDbg, NTSD, CDB, and KD all share the same debugging engine, so they share all the same commands. The only differences between them is that WinDbg has GUI interface, NTSD, CDB and KD have console interfaces, NTSD and CDB only support user mode debugging, KD only supports kernel mode, while WinDbg supports both.

Ctrl+Break … will forcibly Debug break all but if for instance you entered some windbg command that takes a long time and you want to kill that …
You can exit WinDbg by choosing Exit from the File menu or by pressing ALT+F4. If you are performing user-mode debugging, these commands close …
Go to your installation directory, and open WinDbg.exe. · On the File menu, select Launch Executable. · In the command line near the bottom of the …