Can you connect PDB in VC ++ after you have already launched the application?

Question

It's easy to have your PDB in the wrong place, usually you just want to figure it out and run the application again. But what happens if the application crashes and you plug in a debugger to investigate and the characters are not loaded? Can you point VC ++ to PDB at this point?

Answer 1

Here is one simple way:

Take a look at the Modules (docking) window (debug menu under Windows). This should contain a list of all debugged dll / exe files. Right-click the module for which you want to load the PDB, and select:

Loading characters from> Character path

PDB Windows.