Son of Strike (SOS)

SOS is a debugger extension used to debug managed code. As a debugging extension, it must be loaded into a Win32-compliant debugger, such as WinDbg. SOS can provide information about the inner workings of a managed application. This might require that the user have a better understanding of the internal workings and structures of the CLR. SOS abstracts as much of the details as possible, allowing you to concentrate on the problem—debugging the application. When using a debugging extension, the debugger and debugging extension collaborate. Without a doubt, you will rely on both to resolve any application bugs.

Any of the following statements loads the SOS.dll debugging extension. To load a particular version of SOS, provide the ...

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