How to: restore hidden debugger commands

Visual Studio Debugger How to: restore hidden debugger commands

When Visual Studio is installed, you are required to select a set of default ide settings for the main programming language. The default ide settings in some languages may hide some debugger commands.

To use the hidden debugger function set by default IDE, you can use the following procedure to add the corresponding commands to the menu.

Restore hidden debugger commands

1. When the project is open, click custom in the Tools menu ".

2. In the "Custom" dialog box, click the "commands" tab.

3. In the "category" box, select "debug ".

4. In the "command" box, select the command to be added and drag it to the "debug" menu.

5. Repeat the preceding steps to add other commands.

6. After adding the command to the menu, click Close ".

   Some menu items are displayed only when the debugger is in a specific mode (such as running mode or interrupt mode. Therefore, after completing these steps, the items you add may not be displayed immediately.

Restore unavailable commands in the "Custom" dialog box

Some commands (especially commands in hierarchical menus) cannot be restored from the custom dialog box. To restore these commands, you must import a new set of IDE settings.

Import new IDE settings

1. On the Tools menu, click Import and Export settings ".

2. On the welcome to the Import and Export settings Wizard Page, click Import selected environment settings, and then click Next ".

3. On the "Save Current Settings" Page, confirm whether to save the existing settings, and then click "Next ".

4. In the "default settings" folder on the "Select Settings set to import" Page, select a development setting set that contains the commands to be used. If you do not know which set to select, try "general development settings" or "Visual C ++ development settings". These two sets provide most of the debugger commands.

5. Click "Next ".

6. On the "Select Settings to import" Page, make sure that "debugging" is selected ". Clear other check boxes unless you want to import the settings of these check boxes.

7. Click Finish ".

8. On the "Import completed" Page, check the "details" section to see if there are any errors associated with resetting your settings.

9. Click Close ".