Where do I find Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers?

c# visual-studio assembly-resolution
Svish picture Svish · Aug 16, 2009 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

A project won't compile because of a missing assembly. The file that causes the error has a 

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers;

The VisualStudio part is marked in red. What do I have to install to fix it? To me it sounds like something that would have come with Visual Studio, but that is what I am using, so it is installed...

Clarification: I know what assembly it exists in, and the reference is added earlier to the project references. But how do I get it? What SDK do I have to install? Or have I forgotten to check something off when I installed Visual Studio?

Answer

adrianbanks picture adrianbanks · Aug 16, 2009

You should be able to find it in the "Add Reference" dialog in the .Net tab.

If not, the Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.dll lives in the Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies subdirectory of Visual Studio's installation directory. You could add it manually from there.

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