# How do I automatically load PDB symbols from microsoft server for known libraries like kernel32.dll?

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Set the following enviroment variabe

```auto
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH=SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

```

C:\symbols will be the local cache. Can become large…

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