Setting Up Symbol Server in Debugger

Note that because released Electron builds are heavily optimized, debugging is not always easy. The debugger will not be able to show you the content of all variables and the execution path can seem strange because of inlining, tail calls, and other compiler optimizations. The only workaround is to build an unoptimized local build.

The Windbg symbol path is configured with a string value delimited with asterisk characters. To use only the Electron symbol server, add the following entry to your symbol path (Note: you can replace with any writable directory on your computer, if you’d prefer a different location for downloaded symbols):

Type the following commands in Windbg to print why symbols are not loading: