- Qt Creator Documentation
- CDB Paths
- Qt Creator 20.0.0

CDB ◦ Debug mode views

# CDB Paths

To obtain debugging information for the operating system libraries for debugging Windows applications, add the Microsoft Symbol Server to the symbol search path of the debugger:

1. Go to Preferences > Debugger > CDB Paths.

2. In the Symbol Paths group, select Insert.
3. Select the directory where you want to store the cached information. Use a subfolder in a temporary directory, such as `C:\temp\symbolcache`.
4. Select Apply.

Note: Populating the cache might take a long time on a slow network connection.

To use the Source Server infrastructure for fetching missing source files directly from version control or the web, enter the following string in Source Paths: `srv*`.

See also How to: Debug, Debugging, and Debuggers.