Debug Setup

The Visual Studio debugger is fully configurable. Debugging sessions can be tailored to specific requirements of an application. For convenience, debug settings are saved in a configuration. There are two initial predefined configurations, Debug and Release, which represent the most commonly used settings. The Debug configuration contains the default project settings for creating debug builds, whereas the Release configuration has common options for release builds.

Prior to changing project settings, it is good policy to confirm the active configuration. This prevents inadvertent changes to the wrong configuration.

Debug and Release Configurations

As mentioned, the default configurations are Debug and Release. There are literally dozens ...

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