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ADPlus is a tool from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) that can troubleshoot any process or application that stops responding (hangs) or fails (crashes).

ADPlus is a tool from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) that can troubleshoot any process or application that stops responding (hangs) or fails (crashes).

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adplus unable to create second chance dump file

I run adplus using below to monitor MyProcess and create dump file on crash. "adplus -crash -pn MyProcess -o c:\temp" But second chance dump file creation fails with below error. "Unable to create file…
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Debugging winform crash - C# [ADPlus + Windbg]

System.AccessViolationException was unhandled Message=Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. Source=System.Windows.Forms StackTrace: at…
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ADPlus PostCommand not running

I'm trying to get ADPlus to run a PostCommand, but the call is failing. I first was using the config file that I had used to call a PreCommand in an older version of ADPlus. The config file looks like this: ... …
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Windbg Thread ID After StackOverflow And Process Shut Down

Using ADPlus (in crash dump mode) to generate .dmp files. The final sequence of unhandled exceptions (that produce full memory dump files) is... 1st chance DLL unload: contains thread id's but doesn't contain the StackOverflowException (I wouldn't…
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Application crashes on start - how to get a crash dump file?

My winform application crashes as soon as its been launched. This problem is only happening in one of the client computer. Works fine for all other clients. I was thinking of using ADPlus to get a crash dump but problem is in order to configure…
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Adplus fullonfirst for a specific exception?

A colleague is trying to track down a race condition, leading to an InvalidOperationException. I suggested adplus with fullonfirst, but it turns out that a third party library throws and catches all manner of exceptions under the hood. Is there any…
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DebugDiag vs AdPlus

I have never used DebugDiag but just wondering if it offer any advantages over taking a process dump over Adplus? Or if it has any limitations that I should consider in taking snapshot. UPDATE: Doing some reading about it, seem like DebugDiag need…
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AdPlus & WinDbg: difference between taking a dump with AdPlus and with WinDbg?

The task - when the application crashes, it is required to find the crash cause. I saw recommendations to take the crash dump with AdPlus and then load it into WinDbg for analysis. What I do is attach WinDbg to a process and wait for the program…
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Analyzing Asp.net deadlock crash dump

I'm having a deadlock on my asp.net. I don't know where it comes from (what function), not talking about where in that function. I generated dump file using adplus (http://support.microsoft.com/?ID=828222) and then used Debug Diag & windbg to find…
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ADPlus Dump Analysis. If PDB file is not present in production?

I am analyzing one application which hangs randomly in production. I want to use ADPlus/DebugDiag to analyse by generating dumps. If I am generating dumps with the 'debug' mode application running, I am able to see the proper call stack with…
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ADPlus.exe with Windows debugging tools - what's funcationlity difference if compare to ADPlus vbscript

I have installed the new version of Windows debugging tools and I got a AdPlus.exe. I don't know if there are any changes but I remember when I installed it sometime ago on another computer, what i got was a ADPlus as vbscript file ( and not an…
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Adplus.config - vs

I'm new to WinDbg and ADPlus, and have a pretty basic question. The documentation in ADPlus.doc talks about an section. But I have seen example adplus.config files that use . What is the difference between these…
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Debugging a disappearing .NET app with ADPlus, getting CONTRL_C_OR_Debug_Break exception

Recently, we've had a 64-bit .NET 4.0 process with some unmanaged code crash by simply disappearing. No event viewer entries, no windows error dialogs, and our current logging and trace statements don't indicate anything obvious. The code base is…
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how can I run adplus in crash mode but not have it write a dump on shutdown?

If I run: adplus.exe -pmn "MyClient.exe" -o "d:\DumpFiles" -crash When I shut down I get a dump file created: FULLDUMP_FirstChance_epr_Process_Shut_Down_MyClient.EXE__333c_2012-05-29_14-29-04-654_2690 Is there a way to run adplus in crash mode but…
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Does adplus/cdb crash dumps still work on Vista 64 Ultimate?

I am doing some research on a asp.net bug. I tried to get adplus to give me a crash dump file from IIS crashing. I have done this in the past on XP machines, but with my current Vista Ultimate setup - the adplus script doesn't spawn the 2nd window…
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