a lot of windows get opened and closed when clicking “attach to process”

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Hello,

I have Visual Studio 2005. I have a project includes some dll's and pdb's and I want to debug the project. I go to Tools->Attach to process, and attach it. Debug itself works properly, but exactly after clicking "attach to process" my Solution manager window get closed, and a lot of small windows get opened. How can I fix that?
(When I finish and exit debugging, the previous windows do not come back).

Thanks

Posted 15-Jun-11 4:34am

user_code

Updated 15-Jun-11 5:23am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 21:38pm

Why would you ever need to "fix" it? What's the problem?
--SA

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Albert Holguin · Answer 1 · 2011-06-15T05:10:00

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VisualStudio has two sets of environments for you, one for writing code and the other for debugging. You should only have to set them up once the way you want them and Studio will store your settings (once each, since they're stored separately). Once you figure that out, its not so bad of a feature, since when you'll end up using different views and windows whenever you're debugging as compared to writing code (for example, no need to see breakpoints, output, or local variable resolution windows when writing code).

Posted 15-Jun-11 5:10am

Albert Holguin

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user_code 15-Jun-11 11:22am

Thanks for your answer. How do I set debug environment? The problem is that when I stop debugging, my previous settings don't come back. The solution explorer and output windows that were opened before debugging, get closed when entering debug mode, but stay closed when exiting debug.

Albert Holguin 15-Jun-11 11:27am

You usually just have to set it up once you've started debug (i.e. move windows to where you want them, open/close whatever views you want), but its odd that it doesn't go back once you exit debug mode. The settings are typically stored in a file (I believe its the .suo file, look up to verify). If its acting very weird than you can try to delete the file and start from scratch.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 21:39pm

Amazing question. My 5 for the answer, especially for the patience.
--SA

Albert Holguin 16-Jun-11 1:59am

thanks again SA... :)