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Download and extract the latest WinDbg without installing so you can run on systems like Windows Server
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param( | |
$OutDir = ".", | |
[ValidateSet("x64", "x86", "arm64")] | |
$Arch = "x64" | |
) | |
if (!(Test-Path $OutDir)) { | |
$null = mkdir $OutDir | |
} | |
# Download the appinstaller to find the current uri for the msixbundle | |
Invoke-WebRequest https://aka.ms/windbg/download -OutFile $OutDir\windbg.appinstaller | |
# Download the msixbundle | |
$msixBundleUri = ([xml](Get-Content $OutDir\windbg.appinstaller)).AppInstaller.MainBundle.Uri | |
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 6) { | |
# This is a workaround to get better performance on older versions of PowerShell | |
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' | |
} | |
# Download the msixbundle (but name as zip for older versions of Expand-Archive | |
Invoke-WebRequest $msixBundleUri -OutFile $OutDir\windbg.zip | |
# Extract the 3 msix files (plus other files) | |
Expand-Archive -DestinationPath $OutDir\UnzippedBundle $OutDir\windbg.zip | |
# Rename msix (for older versions of Expand-Archive) and extract the debugger | |
Move-Item "$OutDir\UnzippedBundle\windbg_win-$Arch.msix" "$OutDir\UnzippedBundle\windbg_win-$Arch.zip" | |
Expand-Archive -Path "$OutDir\UnzippedBundle\windbg_win-$Arch.zip" -DestinationPath "$OutDir\windbg" | |
# Now you can run: | |
& $OutDir\windbg\DbgX.Shell.exe |
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