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Debugger Windows
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You can open most debugger windows while you are debugging your program. To see a list of debugger windows, set a breakpoint and start debugging. When you hit the breakpoint and execution stops, click Debug / Windows .
Window Hotkey See Topic Breakpoints CTRL+ALT+B Using Breakpoints Exception Settings CTRL+ALT+E Managing Exceptions with the Debugger Output CTRL+ALT+O Output Window GPU Threads - How to: Use the GPU Threads Window Tasks CTR:+SHIFT+D, K Using the Tasks Window Parallel Stacks CTR:+SHIFT+D, S Using the Parallel Stacks Window Parallel Watch CTR:+SHIFT+D, (1, 2, 3, 4) Using the Parallel Stacks Window Watch CTRL+ALT+W, (1, 2, 3, 4) Watch and QuickWatch Windows QuickWatch SHIFT+F9 Watch and QuickWatch Windows Auto CTRL+ALT+V, A Variable Windows Locals CTRL+ALT+V, L Variable Windows Immediate CTRL+ALT+I Immediate Window Python Debug Interactive SHIFT+ALT+I Getting Started with PTVS: Interactive Python JavaScript Console CTRL+ALT+V, C QuickStart: Debug JavaScript DOM Explorer CTRL+ALT+V, D Debug layout using DOM Explorer Live Visual Tree - Inspect XAML properties while debugging Live Property Explorer - Inspect XAML properties while debugging Call Stacks CTRL+ALT+C How to: Use the Call Stack Window Threads CTRL+ALT+H How to: Use the Threads Window Modules CTRL+ALT+U How to: Use the Modules Window Processes CTRL+ALT+Z Debug Threads and Processes Memory CTRL+ALT+M, (1, 2, 3, 4) Memory Windows Disassembly CTRL+ALT+D How to: Use the Disassembly Window Registers CTRL+ALT+G How to: Use the Registers Window
Debugger Basics