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c#debuggingvisual-studio-2015
Benni
Benni

Reputation: 788

Runtime restart application in visual studio debug mode

I use the following code to restart my console application:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0]);
Environment.Exit(0);

This works just fine when I start it directly from its built executable. But if i debug it using Visual Studio, it won't. This is because Visual Studio runs application.vhost.exe first, which starts my application then. Now if I just run this vhost.exe, it won't run my application. I assume I have to pass command line arguments first.

My questions are the following:

  1. How can I make sure my program will restart itself also while it's debugged within Visual Studio?
  2. I thought about using the #if(DEBUG) preprocessor directive to pass the .vhost.exe-file arguments only when the software is debugged, but which arguments do I need to pass him to make it work properly? Also, this seems to me kind of "dirty" - Is there a better way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2033

Answers (1)

TcKs
TcKs

Reputation: 26642

1) In project properties, disable "Visual Studio Hosting Process". Then no "*.vshost.exe" will be used. 2) If you call System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(), the debugger selection dialog will be shown and you can select already running instance of visual studio.

Upvotes: 1

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