When setting the online symbol server in inviromental setting. Ida will look online, onces attached to process, and retrieve any symbols it can, for the current process.
Setting the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable
The common Microsoft debugging tools use the SymSrv technology if you provide the correct symsrv syntax in the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable. These tools automatically include whatever you provide in the variable as the symbol path.
You can set this variable as a system variable or as a user environment variable. To do this from the desktop, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
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you can check when debugging in WINDBG shell command to check symbol server path.
Offcause this works with any engine using windbg.
Setting the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable
The common Microsoft debugging tools use the SymSrv technology if you provide the correct symsrv syntax in the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable. These tools automatically include whatever you provide in the variable as the symbol path.
You can set this variable as a system variable or as a user environment variable. To do this from the desktop, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
Code:
Set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH = symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbolsloads all it can
you can check when debugging in WINDBG shell command to check symbol server path.
Code:
WINDBG>.sympath
Symbol search path is: C:\Users\****\Downloads;symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Expanded Symbol search path is: c:\users\****downloads;symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
************* Symbol Path validation summary **************
Response Time (ms) Location
OK 15 C:\Users\****\Downloads
Deferred symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbolsOffcause this works with any engine using windbg.