WinDbg shortcuts: .sound_notify
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Suppose we set up breakpoints to catch a random issue or at the end of a lengthy loop and we don’t want to sit tight, stare at the screen and wait for a debugger notification event. We just want to sit relaxed and read our favourite book or do something else. I discovered this meta-command where we can specify a wave file to be played every time a debugger breaks into a command prompt:
The .sound_notify command causes a sound to be played when WinDbg enters the wait-for-command state (from WinDbg help).
For example:
(15dc.dd0): Break instruction exception - code 80000003 (first chance)
eax=7ffde000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=77b3d094 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=77af7dfe esp=01c6fbf4 ebp=01c6fc20 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000246
ntdll!DbgBreakPoint:
77af7dfe cc int 3
windbg> .sound_notify /ef c:\Windows\Media\tada.wav
Sound notification: file 'c:\Windows\Media\tada.wav'
0:001> g
(15dc.175c): Break instruction exception - code 80000003 (first chance)
eax=7ffde000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=77b3d094 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=77af7dfe esp=01cafc08 ebp=01cafc34 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000246
ntdll!DbgBreakPoint:
77af7dfe cc int 3
[tada.wav is played when we break into]
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