How can I speed the download of symbol files from the microsoft (and other) servers?

My WinDbg is configured to download symbol files from the MS server automatically. When this happens, the process is painful, because it takes time to download the pdb files, which tend to be big. It also so happens that these downloads are not optimized - each download proceeds in a single session. This is unlike what would have happened if I was downloading them manually using some download manager.

So, my question is how can I make these downloads to proceed开发者_StackOverflow中文版 in several sessions to speed up the process? Needless to say, I prefer free solutions.

Thanks.

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You can download the corresponding symbol package for your OS from:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463028.aspx

This will allow you to have a large symbol cache out of the gate.

• Jason