Installing Visual C++ Support

The instructions on this page apply for Visual Studio 2017. Click here to view instructions for VS2015.

In order to use VisualGDB with Visual Studio please install the Visual C++ for Desktop Development support as described below:

1. Close all instances of Visual Studio.
2. Run the Visual Studio Installer:
3. Click "Modify":
4. Select "Desktop development with C++":
5. To reduce the installation size you can uncheck all "Windows SDK" components:
6. Make sure that at least one "MSVC vXXX" build tools is being installed:
7. Click "modify". Once the installation is complete, click "Launch":

Now VisualGDB should be able to create projects properly.