Managed Stack Explorer is a tool we have found to be very useful for profiling and debugging the applications we create at Get Dot Net Code.

Managed Stack Explorer is easy to use - Just download it, unzip it, and run it!

Managed Stack Explorer is a lightweight tool used to monitor .NET 2.0 managed processes and their stacks. The ability to profile a program’s stack and how it changes over time is an important technique for debugging errors.

The Managed Stack Explorer provides a simple interface to allow you to monitor multiple processes at once and build periodic stack log files. Managed Stack Explorer works by quickly attaching to a process when a stack trace is requested, then detaching the moment the stack trace has been retrieved. This way the interference in the normal operation of the process is minimized.

Both developers and their customers can use Managed Stack Explorer to debug application hangs, especially when a debugging tool, like Visual Studio, is not available for use. The MSE logging feature allows for both developers and customers to include stack traces in bug reports and in troubleshooting scenarios.

Click the link above to download the Managed Stack Explorer, a free license, and documentation.

Managed Stack Explorer is provided by Get Dot Net Code under the terms of Microsoft's Permissive License, a copy of which is included in the download.