This directory is intended to hold debug files for vc90 build, which could be used to debug release builds. 

The symbol store could be created by the following steps: 

1. compile kde applications with  RelWithDebInfo build mode. 

2. release kde binary packages 

3. place debug files (*.pdb) from a given release into one directory (say x.y.z)

4. create a local symbol repository (don't delete it after one release, it will contain all versions of dll's) 

5. run symstore from the "Debugging Tools for Windows" package (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx#a)  
   with the following command line: 

	symstore  add /r /f <symbol-path-to-release-x.y.z> /s <local-symbol-repository-path> /t kde /v <x.y.z> /3 /compress

6. copy or sync the directory specified by <local-symbol-repository-path> into this directory.

7. In MSVC 2008 IDE unter options->debugging->symbols enter the url 

	http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/symbols/vc90/

   as symbol source

8. start debugging. Now the ide downloads the symbol files into a local directory and will use it in the debugger. 

Have fun. 

Ralf