Debug Visual C++ memory allocation problems

Question

I\'m debugging a software which crashes eventually with one of the following messages:

1. DAMAGE: after normal block (#24729280) at 0x00D710E0
2. Debug Assertion         


        

Answer 1

You can run your application in release mode by attaching to Windbg.

• Enable the gflags ( As you mentioned)
• Start the application in release mode.
• Attach it to Windbg using Attach to process option in Windbg.
• Configure the correct path for release PDBs.
• Reload the PDB manually using .reload /f in case of automatic loading fails.
• Perform the use case.

WinDbg would stop the execution whenever an exception occurs. For every first chance exception, analyze the reasons. It could be one of the error for crash.