Thursday, March 31, 2011

Debug tools missing / only some shown in VISUAL STUDIO 2005

IF the Debug tools are missing (step into, out and over.. or RUN, STOP etc...) completely or only some shown partially (i.e only step out and nothing else) in VS 2005 do the following

1. Click on the tiny drop down button at the end of the debugging toolbar.
2. Select "Add or Remove buttons" option.
3. Select "Customize" option to bring up "customize" dialog box.
4. Go to Commands tab. This tab has Categories list to the left and Commands list to the right.
5. Select Debug category from Categories. This shows all commands (buttons) available in debug category - this includes Step Into, Step Out and many others.
6. Select any command buttons from the commands (Step Into or Step Out) - drag the button and drop it on any toolbar you like - in this case, you may drop it on debug toolbar.

Bobby