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Debug and Release build in Visual Studio Express edition

So.. where did it go? It took me a couple of minutes to find it but it seems to be an "advanced" feature :-)

Go to:
Tools --> Options...

Check the 'Show all settings' box in the lower right corner

Then go to:
Projects and Solutions --> General

Check the 'Show advanced build configurations' box somewhere in the middle section.

Visual Studio Express advanced features
(Click to enlarge)

Now you will have the option to quickly toggle between debug and release builds in the toolbar and see all sort of 'advanced' features in the solution and project properties.

PS:
This also gives access to the option to use tabs instead of spaces. Don't know why the default is spaces. I want to decide myself how many spaces a tab should be ;-).

Comments

Nick said:

Thanks! :)
# January 14, 2006 3:15 AM

Tony said:

Cheers mate, I wasted 10mins looking for this...don't VS Express users need to debug ?
# March 1, 2006 6:59 AM

Usman Ghani said:

Thanks dude, it helped me.

# June 2, 2009 4:04 PM

Barny said:

Excellent!!

# September 12, 2009 8:17 PM

Hank! said:

OMG thanks.

Why did they bury that?

BTW, the .gif on this site is broken.

# October 23, 2009 7:54 PM

SHAN said:

Thanks bro... i thought this is not possible with free edition...

# November 16, 2009 3:11 AM

Charles said:

Thanks, I wonder why they made it so difficult to find.

# December 29, 2009 11:44 PM

Paul said:

A well, Google and bloggers like you are my friends. ;)

# March 28, 2010 12:16 PM

Andreas said:

Well thanks a lot! Have searched for 30 minutes :-P

# September 5, 2010 1:52 AM

Antonio said:

Is it possibile to revert this setting?

# October 12, 2010 12:24 PM

Username said:

this is just great, man. thanks a lot

# February 8, 2011 7:40 AM
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