vshost.exe file in Release folder?

c# vshost.exe
baal80 picture baal80 · Jun 15, 2010 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

Why there is a appname.vshost.exe file generated for the release version of my application? I might add that I'm using an external dll library and some unsafe code.

What's even more interesting, my application launched from Release folder does not work correctly (it works OK when launched from Debug folder).

It's bit hard to explain - feel free to ask if you need more info.

Answer

user111 picture user111 · Jun 18, 2015

For anyone else having the issue, it is probably because "Enable the Visual Studio hosting process" checkbox (in Project Properties -> "Debug" Tab) is checked under your Release configuration.

You probably want it only checked under your Debug configuration so

  1. just delete all files from your Release folder OR run Clean on the project;
  2. then uncheck the checkbox
  3. and build the project.

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