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You will want to look into adding custom AutoExpand rules. A search for AutoExp.dat should get you the info you need. Note: On my system, AutoExp.data is located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger

Hi, not really an answer to your question, but here it goes: you can do two tests without any specialized tools: 1. run other software on the same machine 2. run your app on another machine if 1. seems OK and 2. fails, you probably have bugs (such as thread synchronization problems); if 1. fails and 2. seems OK, your machine most likely has a problem. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] this months tips: - use PRE tags to preserve formatting when showing multi-line code snippets - before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google