Find references to the object in runtime

Question

I have an object, which lives forever. I am deleteing all references I can see, to it after using it, but it still not collected. Its life cycle is pretty sophisticated so I

Answer 1

You'll have to use Windbg and Sosex extension.

The !DumpHeap and !GCRoot commands can help you to identify the instance, and all remaining references that keep it alive.