

Now, in case your Release build crashes a user will see a customary Windows " has encountered a problem and needs to close. Note that if any of the abovementioned files are missing this debugging approach won't work! Also note that you won't be able to recreate these files by simply rebuilding your project, so keeping the exact same copies is a must.)ģ. (For those who don't want to archive the whole project folder, what has to remain intact are the source files, build files, or exe, dll, etc. Right after that, when you're sure that "this" Release build of your project is the one that you will distribute, archive and save the entire project folder and keep it in a safe place.

I think by default that location is in your Release folder.Ģ. pdb file(s) for your project(s) in the folder specified in the "Generate program database file" field. When compiling your Release builds make sure to go into the project properties in the VS, then Linker -> Debugger and set "Generate debug info" to Yes. so maybe, I'll save someone time in the future.)ġ. In spite of that, let me share it with the rest of you who care to know.

(It would save me a lot of time if people who knew all this simply posted it here instead of redirecting me to Google.
