How to: Enable/Disable Just-In-Time Debugging
This topic applies to:
| Visual Studio Edition | Visual Basic | C# | C++ | J# |
| Express | No | No | No | No |
| Standard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pro/Team | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
You can enable Just-In-Time debugging to launch the Visual Studio debugger automatically when a program, running outside Visual Studio, encounters a fatal error.
Procedure
To enable/disable Just-In-Time debugging
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On the Tools menu, click Options.
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In the Options dialog box, select the Debugging folder.
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In the Debugging folder, select the Just-In-Time page.
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In the Enable Just-In-Time debugging of these types of code box, select or clear the relevant program types: Managed, Native, or Script.
To disable Just-In-Time debugging, once it has been enabled, you must be running with Administrator privileges. Enabling Just-In-Time debugging sets a registry key, and Administrator privileges are required to change that key.
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Click OK.
