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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 |
Worked, Thanks !
PS C:\Users\HP> Invoke-WebRequest https://aka.ms/windbg/download -OutFile $OutDir\windbg.appinstaller
Invoke-WebRequest : 403 Forbidden
kngx/1.10.2
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+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest]，WebExce ption + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
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worked perfectly thank you