How to Install/Extract Symbols for Windows NT 4.0

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SUMMARY

The symbols for Windows NT 4.0 are in a compressed format on the compact disc media. The following command and parameters need to be run from the Support\Debug folder on the Windows NT Server 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition compact disc media:

   expndsym [Windows NT CD (CD-ROM) Drive Letter] [Destination Path]

For example:

   expndsym F: C:\Winnt

MORE INFORMATION

Depending on what service pack is installed on the computer being debugged, the service pack symbols needs to be installed/extracted on top of the symbols extracted from Windows NT 4.0 base compact disc.

Run SpXsymi.exe or SpXsyma.exe from the Support\Debug folder on the service pack compact disc for Intel or Alpha platforms respectively, where X corresponds to service pack level; for example, Sp4symi.exe would be SP4 for Intel-based computers.

You will be prompted to specify the directory for the extracted files.

You can find the symbols files available for download at the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/terminalserver/downloads/recommended/tsesp6/sp6readme.htm (http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/terminalserver/downloads/recommended/tsesp6/sp6readme.htm)

NOTE: The inclusion of the Copydbg.cmd file in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 is intended to pull the new build of some of the debugging modules included in Service Pack 3 and copy them and their associated symbols to the destination path included in the following 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 line:

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