Question

I’m having some problems (as some of you will see from another question I asked) with getting a program I made in Visual Studio 2010 to run on another computer.
My computer is Windows 7 x64
The destination computer is Windows XP x86 (SP2)

I’ve already checked to see that I’m compiling for x86.

Anyway, my question is: Is there a debugger I can install that will tell me what errors the program is having? Like a .NET Debugger that does not involve me installing Visual Studio 2010 on the destination computer?

Answer 1

One option is to use WinDbg + the SOS extension. This is a much lighter weight debugger that is easily installable but has a steeper learning curve than Visual Studio. I often use it though when I need a light weight debugging experience

• WinDbg http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.Mspx
• SOS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb190764.aspx