How to set up symbols in WinDbg?

Question

I am using Debugging Tools for Windows and I get the following error message when starting WinDbg / cdb or ntsd:

Symbol search path is: *** Invalid ***
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Answer 1

After opening the dump file, click File, select Symbol File Path or (Ctrl+S). This open box shows the default path set by environment the variable _NT_SYMBOL_PATH. In my case this shows:

SRV*C:\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

1. Insert your local symbols path before and ";" after any entry.
2. Select Reload box.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Command prompt run: ld*
5. wait for symbols to load.