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DZone > Web Dev Zone > Disabling the Diagnostic Tools Debugger Window in Visual Studio 2015

Disabling the Diagnostic Tools Debugger Window in Visual Studio 2015

Learn how to customize the Visual Studio 2015 IDE for specific use cases and disable the automatic diagnostic tools.

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Dec. 23, 16 · Web Dev Zone · Tutorial
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By default, the Diagnostic Tools window opens automatically when debugging. Whilst this is a handy tool I do not want to it load every time I debug. Let's look at how to disable it.Disabling the Diagnostic Tools debugger window in Visual Studio 2015

Steps to Disable

To disable the Diagnostic Tools window follow these steps:

  1. Select the Visual Studio Options from the menu (Tools -> Options)
  2. In the Options choose Debugging -> General
  3. Uncheck Enable Diagnostic Tools while debugging (towards the bottom of the list)

Options menu for disabling diagnostic tools

The diagnostics tools are now disabled. To re-enable them just check the option again. The Tools window can be manually opened via the menu Debug -> Windows -> Show Diagnostic Tools

Menu to show Diagnostic Tools

Debug (command)

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