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DebugView 5.0 broken on Windows 1022H2
RLWA32
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The new DebugView 5.0 version does not function properly on Windows 1022H2 (10.0.19045).
Upon starting it the following is displayed -
And after dismissing the dialog the toolbar is broken -
At this point I decided to revert to version 4.90!
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RLWA32 52,836 Reputation points
2026-03-28T10:06:21.9933333+00:00 And there is no indication in the DebugView documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/debugview that this version is incompatible with Windows 10 or any prior Windows version.
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RLWA32 52,836 Reputation points
2026-03-28T20:14:25.9833333+00:00 Furthermore, the documentation at WindowsXamlManager and DesktopWindowXamlSource indicate they should be available on Windows 10 22H2.
Update: Application manifest from 64-bit version of DebugView 5.0 -
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Viorel 127.3K Reputation points2026-03-31T17:16:24.9766667+00:00 It seems to work if Sysinternals Suite is installed using the Microsoft Store. After installation, Debug View can be found in the Start menu. The new Toolbar appears correctly.
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RLWA32 52,836 Reputation points
2026-03-31T20:20:11.18+00:00 @Viorel, Were you able to reproduce the issue on Win10 22H2? A different user experienced the identical issue and commented at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sysinternals-blog/listent-for-macos-zoomit-sysmon-debugview-notmyfault-procmon-for-linux-and-ramma/4506035/replies/4506369While I find your observation interesting we should be able to use Sysinternals offerings as we always have by downloading the zip files and extracting their contents. No Microsoft Store interaction required.
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Viorel 127.3K Reputation points
2026-03-31T21:34:21.45+00:00 Yes, I reproduced the problem with downloaded files before trying Store.
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RLWA32 52,836 Reputation points
2026-04-03T18:48:15.3+00:00 It is worth noting that on April 1, several days after my initial post, the Sysinternals site was updated to tout version 5.0's new features and explicitly document the minimum supported Windows 10 version. However, although Xaml Islands were mentioned there is nothing in the documentation that addresses the application failures documented in this post and in the Sysinternals blog comments. As of this writing the documentation would still lead one to believe that the new version can be extracted from a zip file and successfully executed. Not.
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RLWA32 52,836 Reputation points
2026-05-08T01:02:33.49+00:00 DebugView version 5.01 did start on Win10 22H2 without the previously noted problems. Notwithstanding the documented implementation of dark mode and modern UI (XAML Islands) the updated version displayed the customary menus and tool bar without any indication that a modern UI was available.
The Sysinternals blog said, "This update to DebugView, a tool for displaying both kernel-mode and Win32 debug output, reinstates Windows 10 support, enables highlighting on PID, and fixes a series of bugs." (Emphasis added)
While I find the level of Win 10 support to be unclear the absence of a modern UI on Win10 is acceptable to me.
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