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title: "/PDBPATH"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
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# /PDBPATH

```
/PDBPATH[:VERBOSE] filename
```

### Parameters

*filename*<br/>
The name of the .dll or .exe file for which you want to find the matching .pdb file.

**:VERBOSE**<br/>
(Optional) Reports all directories where an attempt was made to locate the .pdb file.

## Remarks

/PDBPATH will search your computer along the same paths that the debugger would search for a .pdb file and will report which, if any, .pdb files correspond to the file specified in *filename*.

When using the Visual Studio debugger, you may experience a problem due to the fact that the debugger is using a .pdb file for a different version of the file you are debugging.

/PDBPATH will search for .pdb files along the following paths:

- Check the location where the executable resides.

- Check the location of the PDB written into the executable. This is usually the location at the time the image was linked.

- Check along the search path configured in the Visual Studio IDE.

- Check along the paths in the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH and _NT_ALT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variables.

- Check in the Windows directory.

## See also

[DUMPBIN Options](dumpbin-options.md)<br/>
[/PDBALTPATH (Use Alternate PDB Path)](pdbaltpath-use-alternate-pdb-path.md)