WinDbg

Microsoft's debugger — kernel-mode debugging, crash dump analysis, driver reversing, and advanced user-mode debugging.

Installation

# WinDbg Preview (recommended — modern UI, TTD support)
winget install --id Microsoft.WinDbg --accept-source-agreements

# Classic WinDbg (part of Windows SDK)
# Download from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/

# Symbol server setup (critical for useful debugging)
# In WinDbg:
.sympath srv*C:\Symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
.reload