pdbcopy tool that comes with SDK only works on x32 platforms

pdbcopy tool that comes with SDK only works on x32 platforms by Chris P Johnson

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Type:	Bug
ID:	728802
Opened:	3/5/2012 6:47:23 AM
Access Restriction:	Public
Moderator Decision:	Sent to Engineering Team for consideration

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This issue was raised before, and still was not addressed:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/524571/pdbcopy-exe-in-debugging-tools-for-windows-x64-will-not-run-with-mspdb80-dll-from-visual-studio-2005-2008

When I attempt to strip PDB's, the tool pdbcopy.exe that comes with the windows debugging toolkit always fails with:
"Can't load dll mspdb80.dll"
Now my computer running Win7 x64 has exactly 5 different versions of mspdb80.dll on it. When I put all the directories containing those DLL's on the PATH environment variable, I get error messages stating that it can't get the address of a procedure.

My colleques state that it does work however for 32 bit operating systems.

So I tried to install the 32 bit version of the windows debugging toolkit only to find that I can't. The installer WILL NOT install the 32 bit version of the windows debugging toolkit on an x64 system. It installs 64 bit platform tools only.... :(

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Visual Studio 2010

@echo off
rem this is the location for mspdb80.dll which is needed for this thing to run properly
rem None of these work on my computer
rem set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSA\9.0\VsaEnv;%PATH%
rem set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\amd64;%PATH%
rem set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE;%PATH%
rem set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools;%PATH%
rem set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;%PATH%
pdbcopy <input> <output> /p

pause
@echo on

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Posted by Chris P Johnson on 3/7/2012 at 4:36 PM

Good to hear. Can't wait.
Thanks so much for the response.

Posted by Microsoft on 3/7/2012 at 4:11 PM

The problem will be fixed in a future release of SDK tools in Windows debuggers. We have made pdbcopy.exe only depending on system DLLs.

Thanks for your feedback.

YongKang Zhu
--
VC++ CodeGen and Tools

Posted by MS-Moderator07 [Feedback Moderator] on 3/5/2012 at 11:28 PM

Thanks for your feedback.

We are rerouting this issue to the appropriate group within the Visual Studio Product Team for triage and resolution. These specialized experts will follow-up with your issue.

Posted by MS-Moderator01 on 3/5/2012 at 7:08 PM

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