WinDbg installer/updater

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Overview

windup

Windup is an installer for WinDbg that uses the appinstaller file at https://aka.ms/windbg/download to install the latest version of WinDbg. It also checks for updates each time it is run and will download a new version when it is available in the background.

This is NOT a good replacement for using the appinstaller directly, but is useful on platforms where appinstaller is not available, such as Windows Server.

The installer attempts to be intelligent and will download only the MSIX file that is relevant for the current architecture, instead of downloading the entire msixbundle.

This program is not endorsed or supported by Microsoft

How to use

Download windup.exe from the latest release. Move this file to wherever you want to install WinDbg. Run windup.exe. It will download the latest version of WinDbg for the current architecture. Instead of running windbg.exe, just use windup.exe and the parameters will automatically be passed on to the latest version of WinDbg that has been downloaded.

Notes

Old versions of WinDbg are not deleted when a new version is installed. The current version is determined by the "version.txt" file in the same directory.

The signature of the msix file is checked for validity, but it is not checked to be specifically from Microsoft.

The windup process will stay active for as long as the child DbgX.Shell.exe process is running. This is to be compatible with tools that monitor the lifetime of windbg.

File associations are not configured for *.dmp, *.run, etc.

There are no protections from multiple instances of windup attempting to update at the same time. It's entirely possible things will break if several windup instances try to update at the same time. That should be fixed in the next version.

Contribution

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to file issues or open pull requests.

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Releases(v0.3)

  • v0.3(Jul 11, 2023)

  • v0.2(Jul 9, 2023)

    This is windup v0.2. To use, download windup.exe to a directory of your choice where you want to install WinDbg. The directory must be writable when running windup. Use windup.exe to launch windbg and it will check for updates each time it is launched. If an update is available, the current version will be run and the new version will be downloaded and installed in the background.

    Source code(tar.gz)
    Source code(zip)
    windup.exe(3.58 MB)

  • v0.1(Jul 9, 2023)

    This is windup v0.1. To use, download windup.exe to a directory of your choice where you want to install WinDbg. The directory must be writable when running windup. Use windup.exe to launch windbg and it will check for updates each time it is launched. If an update is available, the current version will be run and the new version will be downloaded and installed in the background.

    Source code(tar.gz)
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Owner
Tim Misiak
Tim Misiak
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