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Reputation: 542

Start multiple instances of console app in Visual Studio (with different args)?

This question ...and the answer shows how to start another instance of a console app in Visual Studio when you already have one running.

I want to do the same BUT passing different args[]. For example, when debugging I want to start up 2 instances of MyConsoleApp.exe as follows...

"MyConsoleApp.exe Agent1"
"MyConsoleApp.exe Agent2"

Does anyone know how to do this?

(Using Visual Studio 2015 Pro)

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3486

Answers (1)

Illuminati
Illuminati

Reputation: 4619

As far as I know you can't. What I'd do is open the solution in two VS instances and run it. Or else you can give it a go the following way too ( haven't tried this but ideally it should work)

  1. Create two console projects and add all your files as 'linked' files on both projects ( the same .cs files being used on both projects)

  2. Go to the solution and set one project as 'Start with Debugging' and other as start without debugging. ( or may be both as Start with Debugging- depending on your scenario) here is how you could do this.

Upvotes: 1

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