Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Debug Console instead of cmd.exe

Question

Hello,

after I installed Visual Studio 2022, console programs started via Ctrl+F5 are run inside Visual Studio Debug console, instead of cmd.exe.

It is very inconvenient because if I start the program again, it is run in the same console, and I want it to run in a separate window, to compare the results.

How can I return old behaviour of running my programs in cmd.exe using Ctrl+F5? I tried turning off and on "automatically close the console when debugging stops", it does not help.

Answer 1

Hi @Oleg T, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

What is your target framework? .NET or .NET Framework? 

Based on my testing for C# Console App (.NET Framework) project, it is by default running in cmd.exe and in a separate window.

If it targets .NET Framework and runs in Visual Studio Debug Console instead of cmd.exe, please right-click on your project in Solution explorer > Properties > Debug > select ‘Start external program:’ > Browse to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe. 

If it targets .NET or .NET Core, please right-click on your project > Properties > Debug > General > click on ‘Open debug launch profiles UI’ > Create a new executable profile > Browse to: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe.

Then, select launch profile named Profile1 and start without debugging. It will run in cmd.exe and create a new window.

Sincerely,

Anna

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