Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 run without debugging button greyed out

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 run without debugging button greyed out

Riri 25

I recently installed visual studio 22, and the run without debugging button is greyed out. I have uninstalled and installed the program several times, still the same problem.

Please see the attached picture. How can I resolve it? I am using MS windows 11.

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David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points

2023-05-13T22:35:55.03+00:00

You don't appear to have a project - just a stand-alone .cs file.

Start from File, New Project, and choose a C# Console App.
Riri 25 Reputation points

2023-05-14T00:56:11.7766667+00:00

Thank you for the feedback @David Lowndes . I created a new project following your feedback. Please see attached screenshots. For some strange reasons, the project is not showing up in the solution explorer.
David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points

2023-05-14T09:52:26.1233333+00:00

I'm not sure why that's not worked for you. When I use the same options (I assume you chose the default .NET 6 option too), I get a solution "My first project" and it contains a single project named "My first project".

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David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points

2023-05-13T22:35:55.03+00:00

You don't appear to have a project - just a stand-alone .cs file.

Start from File, New Project, and choose a C# Console App.
Riri 25 Reputation points

2023-05-14T00:56:11.7766667+00:00

Thank you for the feedback @David Lowndes . I created a new project following your feedback. Please see attached screenshots. For some strange reasons, the project is not showing up in the solution explorer.
David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points

2023-05-14T09:52:26.1233333+00:00

I'm not sure why that's not worked for you. When I use the same options (I assume you chose the default .NET 6 option too), I get a solution "My first project" and it contains a single project named "My first project".

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,151 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Riri,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please check your System environment variables if there are two paths to dotnet.

C:\Program Files\dotnet

C:\Porgram Files (x86)\dotnet

If so, please delete this one: C:\Porgram Files (x86)\dotnet.

Then, restart your computer and check if the project can be created normally.

After the project is created successfully, the debug menu will display normally.

Sincerely,

Anna

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Johannes Allgaier 0 Reputation points

2023-08-24T16:13:11.3933333+00:00

That have solved all my problems thanks!

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