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=Process and thread=
'''Process'''
A process is the instance of a computer program that is being executed by one or many threads.
'''ConfigurationThread'''
A thread is a sequence of instructions to which the operating system grants processor time. Every process that is running in the operating system consists of at least one thread. Processes that have more than one thread are called multithreaded.
Visual Studio can debug a solution that has several processes. You can start and switch between processes, break, continue, and step through source, stop debugging, and end or detach from individual processes.
'''Multiple processesCreate two projects'''
To test it, the best way with Visual Studio is creating two projects.
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'''Start debugging with multiple processes'''
If you have more than one project in a project solution, you can choose which projects the debugger starts.
Follow this:
*Select the solution in Solution Explorer and then select the Properties icon in the toolbar, or right-click the solution and select Properties.
*On the Properties page, select Common Properties > Startup Project.
*Select Current selection, Single startup project and a project file, or Multiple startup projects.
*If you select Multiple startup projects, you can change the startup order and action to take for each project: Start, Start without debugging, or None.
*Select Apply, or OK to apply and close the dialog.
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'''Attach to a process'''
The debugger can also attach to apps running in processes outside of Visual Studio, including on remote devices.
After we attach to an app, we can use the Visual Studio debugger.
Follow this:
*With the app running, select Debug > Attach to Process.
*In the Attach to Process dialog box, select the process from the Available Processes list, and then select Attach.
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'''Use the Registry Editor to automatically start a process in the debugger'''
We might need to debug the startup code for an app that is launched by another process. You can have the debugger launch and automatically attach to the app.
Follow this:
*Start the Windows Registry Editor by running regedit.exe.
*In Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options.
*Select the folder of the app that you want to start in the debugger.
*If the app isn't listed as a child folder, right-click Image File Execution Options, select New > Key, and type the app name. Or, right-click the new *key in the tree, select Rename, and then enter the app name.
*Right-click the new key in the tree and select New > String Value.
*Change the name of the new value from New Value #1 to debugger.
*Right-click debugger and select Modify.
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'''Debug with multiple processes'''
When debugging an app with several processes, the breaking, stepping, and continuing debugger commands affect all processes by default.
You can change this option.
Follow this:
*Under Tools (or Debug) > Options > Debugging > General, select or clear the Break all processes when one process breaks check box.
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'''Switch between processes'''
Only one process should be active in the debugger at any given time. We can set the active or current process in the Debug Location toolbar, or in the Processes window. To switch between processes, both processes must be in break mode.
To set the current process from the Debug Location toolbar:
*To open the Debug Location toolbar, select View > Toolbars > Debug Location.
*During debugging, on the Debug Location toolbar, select the process you want to set as the current process from the Process dropdown.
To set the current process from the Processes window:
*To open the Processes window, while debugging, select Debug > Windows > Processes.
*In the Processes window, the current process is marked by a yellow arrow. Double-click the process you want to set as the current process.
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