Merge pull request #941 from MicrosoftDocs/main

Deploy updated DebugView documentation

Author: chakrik73

sysinternals/downloads/debugview.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: DebugView
 description: This program intercepts calls made to DbgPrint by device drivers and OutputDebugString made by Win32 programs.
 ms:assetid: 'e20c3b02-fe03-4067-82e9-f5c01398b804'
 ms:mtpsurl: 'https://technet.microsoft.com/Bb896647(v=MSDN.10)'
-ms.date: 03/26/2026
+ms.date: 03/27/2026
 ---
 
 # DebugView v5.0
@@ -25,23 +25,59 @@ output, so you don't need a debugger to catch the debug output your
 applications or device drivers generate, nor do you need to modify your
 applications or drivers to use non-standard debug output APIs.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> *DebugView* v5.0 requires Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763) /
+> Windows Server 2019 or later.
+
 ## DebugView Capture
 
 *DebugView* will capture:
 
 - Win32 **OutputDebugString**
 - Kernel-mode **DbgPrint**
-- All kernel-mode variants of **DbgPrint** implemented in Windows and Windows Server
+- All kernel-mode variants of **DbgPrint**
 
 *DebugView* also extracts kernel-mode debug output generated before a
-crash from Windows crash dump files if *DebugView* was
-capturing at the time of the crash.
+crash from Windows crash dump files if *DebugView* was capturing at the
+time of the crash.
 
 ## DebugView Capabilities
 
 *DebugView* has a powerful array of features for controlling and
 managing debug output.
 
+Features new to version 5.0:
+
+- **Dark mode and modern UI:** *DebugView* now features a completely
+  redesigned interface using Windows XAML Islands technology. The UI
+  automatically follows the system-wide light or dark theme setting,
+  with dark mode applied consistently to the title bar, menus, toolbar,
+  dialogs, and the output list view. The modernized toolbar and menu bar
+  provide a visual style consistent with other Sysinternals tools such
+  as Process Monitor.
+- **Automatic crash recovery:** When *DebugView* detects that the
+  previous session ended due to an ungraceful shutdown (such as a system
+  crash), it automatically scans the Windows crash dump file, recovers
+  pending kernel debug traces from the previous session, and displays
+  them in the output window. This enables post-mortem analysis of
+  kernel-mode debug output that was captured right up to the moment of a
+  system failure, without any manual intervention.
+- **UI virtualization for large captures:** The output list view now
+  uses owner-data virtualization, which means only the visible rows are
+  rendered at any time. This allows *DebugView* to efficiently handle
+  captures containing hundreds of thousands or millions of debug
+  messages without excessive memory consumption or UI slowdown.
+- **Dedicated PID column:** A new Process ID column is displayed by
+  default, making it easier to identify which process generated each
+  debug output message. The PID column can be toggled on or off from
+  the Options menu.
+- **On-demand UAC elevation:** *DebugView* no longer requires
+  administrative privileges at launch. It starts as a standard user and
+  requests elevation via a UAC prompt only when you enable kernel-mode
+  capture or other operations that require elevated privileges.
+- **DPI-aware rendering:** Menu icons, toolbar buttons, dialogs, and
+  the output list all scale correctly on high-DPI displays.
+
 Features new to version 4.6:
 
 - **Support for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit**
@@ -119,8 +155,9 @@ Here is a list highlighting some of *DebugView*'s other features:
 - **Most-recent-filter lists:**<em>DebugView</em> remembers your most recent
   filter selections, with an interface that makes it easy to reselect
   them.
-- **Process ID option:** Toggle the display of process IDs for Win32
-  debug output.
+- **Dedicated PID column:** A separate Process ID column shows which
+  process generated each debug message, toggleable from the Options
+  menu.
 - **Clipboard copy:** Select multiple lines in the output window and
   copy their contents to the clipboard.
 - **Log-to-file:** Write debug output to a file as its being captured.
@@ -130,25 +167,40 @@ Here is a list highlighting some of *DebugView*'s other features:
 - **Crash-Dump Support:**<em>DebugView</em> can recover its buffers from a
   crash dump and save the output to a log file so that users can send
   you the output your Windows driver generated right up to the time of
-  a crash.
+  a crash. In version 5.0, this recovery is performed automatically on
+  startup when an ungraceful shutdown is detected.
 
 The on-line help file describes all these features, and more, in
 detail.
 
+## System Requirements
+
+*DebugView* v5.0 requires Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763) or
+Windows Server 2019 or later. The modern UI is built on Windows XAML
+Islands, which requires this minimum OS version. Users on older versions
+of Windows should use *DebugView* v4.90.
+
 ## Installation and Use
 
 Simply execute the *DebugView* program file (dbgview.exe) and
-*DebugView* will immediately start capturing debug output. Note that if
-you run *DebugView* you must have administrative
-privilege to view kernel-mode debug output. Menus, hot-keys, or toolbar
-buttons can be used to clear the window, save the monitored data to a
-file, search output, change the window font, and more. The on-line help
-describes all of *DebugView*'s features.
+*DebugView* will immediately start capturing debug output.
+*DebugView* starts as a standard user; you will be prompted for
+elevation via UAC only when you enable kernel-mode capture or other
+operations that require administrative privileges. Menus, hot-keys, or
+toolbar buttons can be used to clear the window, save the monitored data
+to a file, search output, change the window font, and more. The on-line
+help describes all of *DebugView*'s features.
+
+If a previous *DebugView* session was active during a system crash,
+*DebugView* will automatically detect the ungraceful shutdown on the
+next launch, scan the crash dump file, and display any recovered kernel
+debug traces from the prior session.
 
 ![DebugView screenshot](media/debugview/DebugView.gif)
 
-This is a screenshot of *DebugView* capturing Win32 debug output from a
-remote system. Note the presence of a highlighting filter.
+This is a screenshot of *DebugView* capturing debug output. Note the
+modern dark mode interface with the dedicated PID column and highlighting
+filter.
 
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 ms.date: 03/26/2026
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-# NotMyFault v4.40
+# NotMyFault v4.4
 
 **By Mark Russinovich**