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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Richard M. Byers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathon Michael Stall, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregg B. Miskelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard M. Byers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathon Michael Stall, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregg B. Miskelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for simulating operations through out-of-process execution. When a diagnostic operation is to be performed for a target execution context, a separate execution context is created based on the same executable code used to create the target execution context. An execution boundary separates the target execution context and the separate execution context such that execution in the separate execution context does not influence the behavior of the target execution context. State data from the target execution context is marshaled and transferred to the separate execution context. The separate execution context reconstitutes the state data and uses the state data to perform the diagnostic operation. Accordingly, performance of the diagnostic operation is simulated in the separate execution context without influencing the behavior of the target execution context.