How can I display the value of the register EAX as an object in the debugger?

Question

I would like to inspect a method's return value without having to re-execute the method itself. I believe my only option is to use the disassembler. I came to this conclusion after reading the responses to Stackflow question Getting a Method's Return Value in the VS Debugger.

I think the value in register EAX is my return value. How do I inspect the object pointed to by EAX in the debugger? Here is my disassembled return statement.

   30:             return SomeString();
000001bb  mov         ecx,dword ptr [ebp-3Ch] 
000001be  call        FFF7A320 
000001c3  mov         dword ptr [ebp-78h],eax 
000001c6  mov         eax,dword ptr [ebp-78h] 
000001c9  mov         dword ptr [ebp-4Ch],eax 
000001cc  nop 
000001cd  jmp         000001D8 
000001cf  mov         dword ptr [ebp-1Ch],0 
000001d6  jmp         000001BA 
    31:         }
000001d8  mov         eax,dword ptr [ebp-4Ch] 
000001db  lea         esp,[ebp-0Ch] 
000001de  pop         ebx 
000001df  pop         esi 
000001e0  pop         edi 
000001e1  pop         ebp 
000001e2  ret 

Answer 1

ISTR [EAX] in the variable watch window displays the EAX register.

Answer 2

From the Registers window, select the EAX register value and hit Ctrl+C. Debug + Windows + Memory + Memory 1. In the Address text box, type 0x, Ctrl+V, type +12. The +12 skips the System.Object header. You should have little trouble reading it on the right if it contains ASCII characters, ignore the nulls.