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Does anyone know how to get ahold of windbg without having to download the entire 620MB
WDK ISO?

All I can find on the net to download the debugger is this link, which says you have to get the
whole WDK: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx.

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Niall Connaughton
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1 Someone posted this: rxwen.blogspot.sg/2010/04/standalone-windbg-v6120002633.html

– Pacerier
Nov 20
'15 at 3:12

For Windows 8.1: Go 'developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/… . Ctrl F "Get (WinDbg) as part of

Windows 8.1 SDK". Select WinDbg only in the installation.
– Pacerier
Apr 24 '17 at 2:55

See github.com/yanglr/advDotnetDebugging/blob/main/… ;
github.com/yanglr/advDotnetDebugging/blob/main/… ;
github.com/yanglr/advDotnetDebugging/blob/main/…
– Bravo Yeung
Feb 2 at 6:51

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Actually, Microsoft has now made the Debugging Tools downloadable separately from the SDK.
Look for the section "Standalone Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg)" about mid-page:
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Thomas Weller Dave Black
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5 As eightx2 clarifies below, the web installer for the Windows SDK has the option to install the Debugging
Tools for Windows without downloading the rest.
– Ben Challenor
Oct 27 '13 at 15:21

9 This isn't valid anymore, as the link now redirects to the WDK download site. The windbg MSI package
hovewer can be downloaded directly, as @Wu Yongzheng pointed out.
– abaumg
Aug 1 '14 at 10:31

2 The WDK download site now has a section for downloading the Debugging Tools standalone -
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852365
– Dave Black
Mar 20 '15 at 18:22

currently webpage with link, says it's for win 8.1 but works fine on win7. it says it requires 1.2GB but click
through a few windows and it has an option to install just windbg about 250MB. The file, at least as of
writing, is sdksetup.exe
– barlop
Oct 6 '15 at 7:08

1 This is once again invalid, and now the WDK is again the only way to legit download it again.
– 
SilverbackNet
Jul 25 '18 at 20:51

Officially, you can't. But someone's been extracting them for your convenience and hosting them.

52 Note: You can get the older releases on the official site, but the latest ones are part of the WDK.

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EM0 Alex Budovski
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1 It seems the link does not provide WinDbg downloads any more.
– Thomas Weller
Jan 5 '14 at 15:11

This was a decision made by Microsoft a couple yrs ago. After receiving a lot of complaints about having
the Debugging Tools no longer available as standalone, they decided to add it back. See my answer above
for the OP's question for the location of the download.
– Dave Black
Feb 28 '14 at 16:33

2 They're still on that site, but at codemachine.com/downloads.html as posted by Addy below.

– EM0
Aug 10
'16 at 10:01

If you run winsdk_web.exe from the following link, you can selectively install windbg or extract
windbg installer msi.
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Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkID=191420

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Andy Sukesh
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1 Also, just to be explicit, when you run the installer suggested by Sukesh, you only need to select
'Debugging Tools for Windows'. It'll be installed with that! (I've added an image to Sukesh's answer (hope
you don't mind), to help others).
– Andy
Sep 29 '12 at 9:59

19 Tried this just now on Win 7 64bit, and the installer fails.
– Kylotan
Feb 20 '13 at 23:57

2 Tried this just now on Win 7 32bit, and I can't find windbg.exe. Someone also had this problem.
stackoverflow.com/questions/14020077/…
– Wu Yongzheng
Oct 18 '13 at 6:23

1 This solution works ok for win xp but NOT on win 7 64bit. eightx2 or Dave Black's solution above works fine
for windows 7 64bit.
– Gob00st
Feb 19 '14 at 15:01

1 I installed all the stuff, yet the windbg.exe is nowhere to be found. Anyone knows where the executable is?
– Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica
Apr 22 '14 at 16:58

The standalone MSI file of windbg can be downloaded from here. The version is 6.12.0002.633
(x86). http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-ADA4-
32 37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools/dbg_x86.msi

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2 Does exist a 64bit version of that? Does it really matter?

– m3nda
Aug 19 '15 at 7:57

1 @WuYongzheng, Where did you find this from? Which page is it linked from?
– Pacerier
Nov 20 '15 at 3:07

I found it from a non-microsoft website. Forget which one.

– Wu Yongzheng
Nov 20 '15 at 3:12

Work on Windows 7 64bit. The link is suspicious tho.

– Mr Rubix
Jun 22 '17 at 19:52

If you're on Windows 7 x64, the solution provided by Sukesh doesn't work.

28 I managed to install the debugging tools by downloading the Windows SDK installer for Windows
8 (here), and then choosing "Debugging Tools for Windows" in the installer:

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gosr
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Dave Black provided a more up to date answer which I've marked as the accepted answer. The page he links
to contains your link (and other information).
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http://codemachine.com/downloads.html

18 Has all the individual msi files

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Addy
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Try the MSDN archive link at

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/debugtoolswindows/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?
11 ReleaseId=4912. It has the WinDbg MSI for both 32- and 64-bit (Version 6.12.2.633).

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Thomas Weller Jon
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I found both, x64 and x86 version 6.12.0002.633 here:

11 http://rxwen.blogspot.de/2010/04/standalone-windbg-v6120002633.html

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Torben Kohlmeier
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The saga continues with the Windows 10 version. I had to install Win Debug Tools on clean
Windows 10 OS with Visual Studio 2015.
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To make a long story short, just follow the instructions in the link provided by David Black. After
downloading the files, instead of running the SDK installer, browse to the installers directory and
execute the msi files directly.

I wonder how many man hours have been lost through the last decade because of MS sloppiness
in regards to WDK/SDK installation?

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You can also get it from Chocolatey:

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For Windows 7 x86 you can also download the ISO:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8442
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And run \Setup\WinSDKDebuggingTools\dbg_x86.msi

WinDbg.exe will then be installed (default location) to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Debugging Tools
for Windows (x86)

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Tolga
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I was looking for a way to avoid downloading the large ISO when I only want to install a small part of it
– 
Niall Connaughton
Jun 9 '14 at 23:36

I was looking for the same thing for a quick operation and found this question. I needed both 32-
bit and 64-bit versions.
4
This is an older version but the links are from the Microsoft servers, it should be safe. The link for
32-bit version is also in a previous answer but the version number i get on the install is different,
maybe the same link is updated with a newer version since 2013.

Cheksums are generated both locally and on VirusTotal, they match.

Debugging Tools for Windows (x64) (6.12.2.633)(VirusTotal Scan):

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-ADA4-
37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools_amd64/dbg_amd64.msi (SHA-
256:2e491bb98850abf9b9d2627185b57e048ba9b2410d68303698ac68c2daad9e5d)

Debugging Tools for Windows (x86) (6.12.2.633)(VirusTotal Scan):

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-ADA4-
37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools/dbg_x86.msi (SHA-
256:5a0f43281e51405408a043e2f94dd51782ef29671307d3538cfdff5b0e69d115)

I tested the 64 bit debugger with a 64 bit program that was compiled some years ago (~2012)
and it works. Test is done on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit (v2004 Build 19041.207).

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WinDbg is now available separately via MS Store. It's called "Preview" but I tested it to analyse
some memory dumps and it works fine.
1
If you're on Windows 10 - launch MS Store, type "WinDbg" in the search box and voi-la - you
have it. The download is approx. 100mb. It will downlaod required symbols automatically.

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1 This seems unusable to me at the moment; buggy.

– Elliot
Jun 6 '19 at 13:21

This Microsoft link allows you to select the SDK. When you run the install and only select
Windows debugging tools it will only download 288mb and install the tool as stand alone.
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https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/download-windbg

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