title: Load dbg symbol file into WinDbg
body: <p>I have a MAP file for a DLL which I'm trying to debug. I converted this to a DBG file with the Map2Dbg-tool and put it into the symbol path.</p>
  
  <p>Issuing a <em>.reload /f mydll.dll</em> doesn't work though, a symbol load error occurs.</p>
  
  <p>I then tried to diagnose it with <em>!sym noisy</em> and it tells me that Windbg looks into the correct symbol path, but only for a PDB file (<em>mydll.pdb</em>).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to force Windbg to find my DBG file?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Here are some further infos:</p>
  
  <p>Symbol search path in Windbg:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; .sympath
  e:\code-factory\symbols;cache*;SRV*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>dbg-file is in that directory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>e:\code-factory\symbols&gt; dir /b
  cdmod.dbg
  cdmod.map
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>.reload output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; .reload /f cdmod.dll
  
  DBGHELP: e:\code-factory\symbols\cdmod.pdb - file not found
  DBGHELP: e:\code-factory\symbols\dll\cdmod.pdb - file not found
  DBGHELP: e:\code-factory\symbols\symbols\dll\cdmod.pdb - file not found
  SYMSRV:  D:\Portable\Debugging Tools for Windows\x86\sym\cdmod.pdb\BD09115E93474ABCB6152149A23F95372\cdmod.pdb not found
  SYMSRV:  Get File Path: /download/symbols/cdmod.pdb/BD09115E93474ABCB6152149A23F95372/cdmod.pdb
  
  
  ************* Symbol Loading Error Summary **************
  Module name            Error
  cdmod                    PDB not found : e:\code-factory\symbols\symbols\dll\cdmod.pdb
                  Unable to locate the .pdb file in this location
  
                         PDB not found : cache*
                  Unable to locate the .pdb file in this location
  
                         The system cannot find the file specified : SRV*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
                  The SYMSRV client failed to find a file in the UNC store, or there
                  is an invalid UNC store (an invalid path or the pingme.txt file is
                  not present in the root directory), or the file is present in the
                  symbol server exclusion list.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>