Which is the best tool to analyse memory and handle leaks in a native (c++) win32 service?

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Hi all,
Other than rational purifier, is their any (free or fully evaluating) tool to analyze memory leaks in my win32 native service?

Posted 10-Dec-09 18:44pm

karthiksharmasg

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JackDingler · Answer 1 · 2011-12-05T06:59:00

Solution 6

All good answers above...

If you can run your service in the debugger in _DEBUG mode, simply put the following define in each of your .cpp files after the #include statements.

C++

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

Then the debugger will list all of your leaks on exit, and give you the location where the memory was allocated.

Posted 5-Dec-11 6:59am

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JackDingler 5-Dec-11 14:31pm

Could who ever voted one star for my answer, please explain where I went wrong?

1. This works well 99% of the time.
2. It's built into the debugger which means it's essentially free if you have Visual Studio already.

«_Superman_» · Answer 2 · 2009-12-10T19:11:00

Solution 1

Bounds Checker is a great tool that I have used - DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite[^]

Posted 10-Dec-09 19:11pm

«_Superman_»

Adam Roderick J · Answer 3 · 2009-12-10T19:31:00

Solution 2

I think Rational Purify is a good option, very useful tool [^]

Posted 10-Dec-09 19:31pm

Adam Roderick J

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Albert Holguin 5-Dec-11 14:17pm

You should probably read his post again.

karthiksharmasg · Answer 4 · 2009-12-10T20:05:00

Solution 3

ya, i agree Rational purifier is a great tool for this purpose if you want to find memory leaks in win32 applications, but if i try to do the same with my service, the service is being launched and the purifier will say the application exited with code 0 (Normal exit) i am not able to find leaks run time.

Posted 10-Dec-09 20:05pm

karthiksharmasg

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Albert Holguin 5-Dec-11 14:18pm

If you have a "Question or Comment" in regards to someone's specific solution, respond using the link below their solution. Don't post follow-ups as a solution.

Nemanja Trifunovic · Answer 5 · 2009-12-11T05:01:00

Solution 4

Debugging Tools for Windows[^] should include a tool call LeakDiag. I would try that first.

Posted 11-Dec-09 5:01am

Nemanja Trifunovic

Mast Avalons · Answer 6 · 2011-12-05T06:11:00

Solution 5

You can use Deleaker - powerful analyze memory leaks and not only for this.

Posted 5-Dec-11 6:11am

Mast Avalons

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SuperMegaCoder 14-Mar-12 12:38pm

I also use ti for debugging memory leaks - good tool)