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Asked: 2026-05-13T05:50:05+00:00

Visual Studio seems is very native to debug the C# project but when the

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Visual Studio seems is very native to debug the C# project but when the scale is up seems it is not very convenient to debug, for example when the project contains some code that is calling in/out of native code…

I wanna to know if there is any evidence that windbg is better over VS.Net when we are debugging large/serious project.

Another question is without the SOS extension can windbg set breakpoint on C# source file?

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  1. Editorial Team
    • WinDbg is at least an order of magnitude faster than VS when debugging unmanaged applications.
    • It is faster when debugging managed applications as well; however, it does not offer the level of support for managed debugging VS offers.
    • WinDbg can’t be used for managed debugging without SOS.

    On a separate note, sometimes it is possible to get the best of both worlds by running VS inside WinDbg. However, you need to:

    1. Have a screaming fast machine with tons of memory. Don’t even dream of doing this in a VM.
    2. Don’t forget to set the option on WinDbg to attach to child processes as well.
    3. Avoid building in VS while running under WinDbg.
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