| Debugging Tools for Windows |
The WinDbg Help documentation that you are reading is the documentation for the Debugging Tools for Windows package.
This documentation uses the viewer that is supplied with Microsoft HTML Help (hh.exe). This viewer provides a table of contents and index and enables you to search through the documentation, mark your favorite or frequently used topics, and print one or more topics.
The following sections in this topic describe the features of and how to use the Help documentation.
The Contents tab provides an expandable view of the documentation's table of contents.
Click the plus sign (+) next to a node or double-click the node's title to expand or contract the table of contents under that node.
The Index tab displays the complete index of terms that are used in this documentation. You can enter the beginning of a term or use the scrollbar to look through this index.
In the Search tab, you can search for any word or phrase that is contained in the documentation. You can search all text or limit your search to topic titles.
To search for phrases that contain more than one word, enclose the phrase in quotation marks. You can connect multiple words and phrases with the AND, OR, and NOT operators. The default operator is AND.
Note that "AND NOT" is invalid. To search for topics that contain x and not y, use "x NOT y". You can also use NEAR in searches.
Wildcard characters are also permitted. Use a question mark (?) to represent any single character and an asterisk (*) to represent zero or more characters. However, you cannot use wildcard characters within quoted strings.
All letters and numbers are treated literally, but some symbols are not permitted in searches.
A search returns a list of all topics that match the specified criteria. If you select the Search previous results box, you can then search these results for more terms.
In the Favorites tab, you can save the titles of commonly-visited topics. While you are viewing a topic, click the Favorites tab and then click the Add button.
To rename a page on your favorites list, click its name two times slowly, and retype the name. To view a topic on the Favorites list, double-click its name or click it one time and then click Display. To remove a topic from the favorites list, click it one time and then click Remove.
To print one or more topics, click a topic in the Contents tab, and then click the Print button on the toolbar. You will be asked whether you want to print only the selected topic or that topic and all of its subtopics.
You can also print the topic that you are viewing by right-clicking within the view window, and clicking Print on the shortcut menu. However, this method does not enable you to print subtopics.
To search for a text string within the topic that you are viewing, press CTRL+F, or click Find in this Topic on the Edit menu.
To open this Help documentation, do one of the following:
To obtain an updated version of this Help documentation, you should install the most recent version of Debugging Tools for Windows. For more information about how to install this tool, see Installing from the Web.
Warning When you update the documentation, you will lose any favorites that you added.