.w (Display Win32 Object)


.w[option][expression]

Displays information about a Win32 object.

option

Can be one of these option letters:

HE

Toggles stopping in debugger for Win32 memory manager error returns

HW

Toggles Win32 paranoid heap corruption checking

L

Displays LDT-related information, for example, selman lists, sel free lists.

M

Displays module table.

MP [ppdb]

Displays module table for process. If ppdb is omitted, the module table for the current process is displayed.

P [ppdb]

Displays process list.

C context

Displays context record.

E exception

Displays exception record.

D dispatcherContext

Displays dispatcher context.

S

Displays the status of all ring 3 system critical sections.

T [ppdb]

Displays the process handle table. If ppdb is omitted, the handle table for the current process is displayed.


expression

Must be the address of a Win32 object of one of these types: thread, process, semaphore, event, mutex, or critical section. If expression is omitted, information on all threads is displayed.

If any data item being dumped resides in not-present memory, the address of that data item is displayed in brackets.