Start without debugging

Question

In Visual Studio 2010, is there any way to start a non-StartUp Project without debugging?

Of course I mean without changing the solution settings (i.e. assume there is a StartUp project, which is the one I want to start 90% of the time)

I'll take a macro if someone knows how to write it.

Thanks

Answer 1

Right-click the project and select "Open Folder in Windows Explorer". Simply double-click the EXE. You can click the Show All Files icon in the Solution Explorer window to navigate to the build directory in VS instead of Explorer.

Answer 2

See this answer for a solution. Mahin provides a macro there to do it. It's not perfect, but it works if you can tolerate the minor issues. Alex Dresko provides an alternate solution, but it doesn't compile your application automatically.

Mahin suggests assigning the macro to a keyboard shortcut, but you can also add it to the project right-click menu with the following steps:

1. Go to the Tools -> Customize... menu.
2. Go to the Commands tab.
3. Choose the Context menu radio button.
4. Choose Project and Solution Context Menus | Project | Debug from the drop-down menu, or whatever other menu you want to add it to.
5. Click the Add Command... button.
6. Navigate to the Macros category and select your custom macro.
7. Click OK and then Close.

That's what I do.