Finding the Garbage Collection Root

You can see all referring nodes for an instance by expanding nodes one at a time or automatically expand the shortest path to a garbage collection root. Table: Locating a Suspected Reference describes ways to locate the garbage collection root.

Locating a Suspected Reference

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Automatically expand the shortest path to a garbage collection root (recommended)	Right-click the darkest-colored node. A context menu appears. Select Expand to Root. The node expands to reveal at least one path to a garbage collection root.
Display referring nodes a few at time	Locate the darkest-colored node. Click the plus sign at the left end of that node. A few nodes referring to that one will appear. The number of nodes that appear is configurable from the Preferences dialog box. Continue clicking the plus signs in the darkest colored nodes as they appear.
Display all referring nodes at once	Right-click the darkest-colored node. A context menu appears. Select Expand All Nodes. The node expands to show all referring nodes.