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How can I get rid of us008n.dll symbol loading on debug-startup VS2015?


Recently, and I do not know exactly what might have changed, I'm seeing the following on starting a Debug-session on my project directly from VS2015:

Loading symbols for us008n.dll from \\107.109.101.32\common\users\Geeta\autoconfig\11-11\V2\GetSNMP\release\x64

Debug Symbol loading

Now, my project doesn't use this DLL
(Apparently it is some spooler-dll found on my drive at C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3)
and I don't have a clue why VS attempts to load it's debugging symbols and where the IP address for it is coming from.

I've certainly checked that my Debug options do not load symbols: VS2015 Symbol-loading settings

Edit:

I also do not have a environmental variable _NT_SYMBOL_PATH set.

Thanks Hans Passant for your comment.

What have I missed?


Solution

  • I finally found a solution. Two, actually.

    Solution 1

    Make sure to uncheck the "Always load symbols located next to modules" option, if you're using "Only specified modules" as general strategy:

    Solution 1


    Solution 2

    Specify to not load the particular module, if you're using "All modules, unless excluded" as general strategy:

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