C++ Dynamic Code Analysis tools for Windows

Question

i was searching for a tool that detect (Memory Leaks,Memory Corruption, ...) at run-time in VS for C++

and i found this : Dynamic code analysis for C++

unfortunately most of them running under linux so i ask for tools running to VS or at least for Windows

Thanks in Advance

[`MSYS`](http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS) or [`cygwin`](http://www.cygwin.com/) allow you to use linux tools natively on windows. — Peter Wood, Mar 13 '13 at 08:33
i know Cygwin ,but i wonder isn't there any tool run in windows.. did microsoft forget to invent something like that !! — HokaHelal, Mar 13 '13 at 08:37
The linked question includes [`duma`](http://duma.sourceforge.net/) which runs on windows. re: Microsoft: they do it for money. Open source does it for love (and to scratch itches). — Peter Wood, Mar 13 '13 at 08:42
UMDH is not bad.[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff560206(VS.85).aspx)] . it heped me; — jalal sadeghi, Mar 13 '13 at 09:07
Current link for UMDH: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff558947%28v=vs.85%29.aspx — AHelps, Jan 07 '15 at 21:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '13 at 14:22

The best tool I know for the windows platform is DrMemory.

It works fast and it helped me a lot in my critical/legacy MFC C++ code even if it currently targets 32-bit applications only.

Let me know your favorite parameters! I recommend you to start with the simple "-top_stats -light".

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 13 '13 at 10:35

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I recommend that you check out Runtime Checker. It is designed to help detect memory leaks in Windows C++ applications.

edited Mar 13 '13 at 10:35

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the link seems broken – alcor Nov 21 '17 at 16:14

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 27 '15 at 06:13

I've been looking for answers to this problem as well.

One that I found is DevPartner Bounds Checker (The link is for DevPartner Studio. It is possible to buy just the bounds checker component, however). I was able to get some good results from it, but I also had problems with its instrumenting tool crashing on my particular codebase. Their tech support was pretty bad. YMMV.

Another is Parasoft Insure++. This tool has been around a long time, and the demos looked good. I haven't had much time to use it yet, but it seems hopeful.

Both of these are commercial products with sales teams and technical support. Prices tend to be negotiated with a salesman.

C++ Dynamic Code Analysis tools for Windows

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