From 5fcfb316a381fe4d855c18f3604a2d2add73088e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raphael <128667641+irp24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:22:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix SymLoadModuleEx failing to find PDB files

PDB loading fails when Alcatraz is run from a different directory than the target PE. Fixed by setting the symbol search path to the directory containing the target file.
---
 Alcatraz/pdbparser/pdbparser.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Alcatraz/pdbparser/pdbparser.cpp b/Alcatraz/pdbparser/pdbparser.cpp
index 815eb47..c7a4597 100644
--- a/Alcatraz/pdbparser/pdbparser.cpp
+++ b/Alcatraz/pdbparser/pdbparser.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pdbparser::pdbparser(pe64* pe) {
 
 		}
 
+		SymSetSearchPath(GetCurrentProcess(), std::filesystem::path(pdb_path).parent_path().string().c_str());
 		this->module_base = 
 			reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(SymLoadModuleEx(GetCurrentProcess(), 0, pdb_path.c_str(), 0, 0x10000000, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(std::filesystem::file_size(pdb_path)), 0, 0));
 
@@ -115,4 +116,4 @@ std::vector<pdbparser::sym_func>pdbparser::parse_functions() {
 		throw std::runtime_error("couldn't enum symbols");
 
 	return functions;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}