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Configuring Exceptions and Events in WinDbg

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You can configure WinDbg to react to specified exceptions and events in a specific way. For each exception, you can set the break status and the handling status. For each event, you can set the break status.

You can configure the break status by doing one of the following:

  • Choose Event Filters from the Debug menu, click the event that you want from the list in the Event Filters dialog box, and then select Enabled, Disabled, Output, or Ignore.

  • Use the SXE, SXD, SXN, or SXI command.

You can configure the handling status by doing one of the following:

  • Choose Event Filters from the Debug menu, click the event that you want from the list in the Event Filters dialog box, and then select Handled or Not Handled.

  • Use the SXE, SXD, SXN, or SXI command.

For a detailed discussion of exceptions and events, see Controlling Exceptions and Events.