No Debug?

No Debug?

• Benc45

  I think you could fix the problem as described in this post.
  But I'm not sure of this .
  http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=6198
  

• Robbe Morris

  Really I usually build in Debug mode...
  I've the opposite problem... Where is the "Release" build :P

  
  

• rajguru

  OK - new information.  I put the Start without Debug icon next to the Start with Debug icon on the toolbar.  If I use Start without Debug, I get a Release build.  If I use Start with Debug, I get a debug build, but VC# Express crashes and I get to send a report to Microsoft.  Whereupon VC# Express restarts blank!  And, no, I can't get Configuration Manager and there are no handy tabs or combo boxes to allow a choice.
  
  WHA
  
  Speedo
  
  

• ozgurbk

  Did anyone ever solve this problem I too, am unable to se Debug/Release settings
  (EDIT--EDIT--EDIT)
  
  BAH! Solved it... The recommended solition above works fine.. HOWEVER the item "Projects and Solutions" is *NOT* visible by default it seems
  
  There is a checkbox at the bottom of the Tools|Options window called "Show All Settings"
  
  Check that, then "Projects and Solutions" is visible. In there, look for the check box "Show Advanced Build Configurations" and check that
  
  PRESTO! Works!
  
  
  

• Eugen D

  It seems to me that MS is trying to make VS Express simple-dimple enough such that my grandmother could throw together a .NET app. No amount of dumbing-down the UI is going to achieve that.

  But the price is right.

  
  

• Takuma

  Hi,
  
  I have a similar problem with C# express beta 2. All was working fine with beta 1. Now I open my solution with beta 2 and I can't access the configuration manager nor run in debug mode.
  
  Any idea
  
  Nicolas
  
  

• Robert Phan

  Jimbo -
  
  The Express editions use Simplified Build Configurations by default to automatically manage your configurations.  This alleviates the need to understand Debug and Release configurations for new users, and for many advanced users who typically use the two configurations in a standard Debug,Debug,Debug,Release,Repeat.. loop.
  
  What is going on behind the scenes is that Build (ctrl-shift-b) will build Release, but Start with Debugging (F5) will build Debug.  This automates that common configuration usage pattern described above.
  
  If you want more control over your configurations, you can turn on advanced build configurations through the option mentioedn earlier in the thread, Tools|Options|Projects and Solutions|Show Advanced Build Configurations.
  
  Thanks,
  Luke Hoban
  Visual C# IDE Program Manager
  

• David F

  True.  Configuration Manager seems to be disabled in VB Express.  Can anyone from Microsoft comment on this
  

• Saeed Tabrizi

  Hi Folks,
  
  I had the same problem, but the solution is right easy. Try to activate checkbox under
  Tools/Options/Project and Solution/Show advanced build configuration.
  
  LittleSuspense
  
  
  
  

• sourvil

  > This alleviates the need to understand Debug and Release configurations for new users
  
  You know, Microsoft's usual modus operandi is to assume the user is stupid, and it creates way more problems than it solves. Don't you guys start making that mistake too, because this was damn annoying and shouldn't have been that way in the first place. We're programmers, we need to know what the hell is going on and we have the capability to understand what it means, don't hide stuff from us.
  
  

• Tom_B

  Nope.  Doesn't address the lack of Configuration Manager.  Even the property page that is supposed to have the Configuration Manager section on it is half blank.
  
  Obviously this feature has been removed from Beta 2.
  
  Again, would ANYONE from MS like to chime in here   We're all lost and waiting for SOMEONE to tell us how to configure applications for Debug|Release
  

• Spyros

  That's the one!  Finally, an answer!  Thanks!
  
• No Debug?