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zar

Reputation: 12227

How to extract paths (pdb file) that are stored in an exe?

When an executable is built, it stores the path of the pdb files it generates. How can I find what this path is given I have the executable?

Upvotes: 3

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Answers (1)

zar
zar

Reputation: 12227

The answer is the link utility. It is available when you run developer command prompt for VS2015.

c:\>link -dump -headers c:\path\app.exe

The pdb files path is in the debug directories section.

It is worth nothing that this tool is available only from visual studio command line as described here.

You can start this tool only from the Visual Studio command prompt. You cannot start it from a system command prompt or from File Explorer.

Upvotes: 6

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