How do I create a Debug Profile

Question

VS 2022 Enterprise (64 bit) V 17.3.5

I am stuck in an endless loop. I get an error saying that a debug profile does not exist. I have looked here and elsewhere on the internet for a solution. I have modified the output path from \bin to the full path to the bin folder (c:\User\One Drive ...\Documents\Source\Repos\Impact\Impact\bin). I end up with net6.0-windows folder in the Debug folder and the Documentation file. I tried using this folder to debug by modifying the Solution Properties -> Debug Source Files to point to that folder. Same error.

How do I fix this problem?

Scott

Answer 1

Is this a .NET 6/7 console app or what? When you create a .NET 6/7 app it'll auto-generate a launchsettings.json file in a Properties folder. This is the debug profile that is needed. By default it'll just run your app so you don't need to do anything. However if you wipe that file out then VS doesn't know what to debug. Create a new console app (or whatever), copy its launchsettings.json to the original project's properties folder and then try again. VS will use the first profile it finds by default.

Answer 2

Hi @Stewart, Scott (JS) ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I’m not sure, but is there any property not set, just for example Target framework. You can check this by right-clicking your project > click Property or check the .xxproj(for example .csproj) file

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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