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| - | ====== Using Debug Release ====== | + | ====== Using Debug Build ====== |
| - | If I am not able to reproduce a bug you have [[reporting|reported]], I will send you a debug release of WinSCP customized to trace down the bug. | + | If we are not able to reproduce the bug you have [[reporting|reported]], we will send you a debug build of WinSCP customized to trace down the bug. |
| - | Use the debug release as follows: | + | ===== Quick Instructions ===== |
| - | * Store the executable to an easily accessible location such as your Microsoft Windows desktop or your //My Documents// folder. | + | * The debug build comes in a ZIP archive. |
| - | * Run it. | + | * Save the archive to an easily accessible location such as your Windows desktop or your //My Documents// folder. |
| - | * Reproduce the problem you are having. | + | * Extract the archive by opening its context menu (using right-click) and selecting //Extract All// command. |
| - | * Close WinSCP, if it have not crashed already because of the bug ;-) | + | * Locate the extracted ''winscp.exe'' executable and run it. |
| - | * A trace file should have been created in ''c:\winscpXXXtrace.log''. | + | * Reproduce the problem you are having. Please use the most simple scenario for that. Avoid doing any operation with WinSCP that is not strictly necessary to make the problem reproduce. |
| - | * Send me the trace file. Please do compress it before sending, if possible. | + | * Close WinSCP. |
| + | * Windows File Explorer will open with the trace file selected. Open the context menu of the trace file (using right-click) and select //Send to >; Compressed (zipped) folder//. | ||
| + | ··* Email the zipped trace file back to us. | ||
| + | ··* Include a regular [[logging|session log]] too (unless the problem is GUI related only). | ||
| + | * Describe the scenario used to reproduce the problem step-by-step for us, including exact times with second precision, exact names of files involved, etc. | ||
| - | You may not have a write access to ''c:\''. It that case, set value of environment variable ''WINSCPTRACE'' to directory, where you have a write access to. To set an environment variable go to //Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables > User variables for ... > New//. | + | ===== [[advanced]] Advanced Instructions ===== |
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| + | * If the Windows File Explorer does not open with the trace file, locate it manually in the same folder, where you have extracted the ''winscp.exe'' executable to. The trace file has a name like ''winscpXXXXtrace.log''. | ||
| + | * If your scenario involves using ''[[executables#winscp.com|winscp.com]]'', another trace file is created as ''consoleXXXXtrace.log''. | ||
| + | * If you do not want to send the trace file(s) via email, we can setup a storage with SFTP access for you easily. Let us know. | ||
| + | * The debug version is slow due to a detailed logging. The slowness may actually prevent the bug from occurring. In such case, let us know, and we will arrange another method for debugging. | ||
| + | * If you do not have a write access to the executables location, the trace file is not created. You might need to run WinSCP with elevated privileges. If you are still not allowed to write to the location, set value of the environment variable ''WINSCPTRACE'' to a directory, where you have a write access to. To set an environment variable, open //Advanced System Properties// (go to //Windows Settings > System > About//, and on Windows 11 follow to //Device Specifications > Related links > Advanced System Settings//, on Windows 10 follow to //Related settings > Advanced System Settings//), click //Environment Variables// and //New// in the //User variables for ...// section. &wincp You can also use ''setx WINSCPTRACE "path"'' command. | ||
| + | * The trace file may contain a sensitive information. We do respect your privacy. We will never misuse any information we find in the trace file, nor we will ever share the information with a third party. You can remove anything you do not want to share. | ||
| + | * In corporate environments, your account profile (including your Windows desktop or your //My Documents// folder) can be located on a network path. It's common that a local policy forbids applications started from a network path from accessing an external network/Internet. If that's the case, and it prevents WinSCP from connecting, please extract the archive to another location on your local drive. | ||