Remote Debugging

Prerequisites

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To debug on a remote device:

• The remote device and the Visual Studio computer must be connected over a network or connected directly through an Ethernet cable. Debugging over the internet is not supported.
• The remote device must be running the remote debugging components.
• You must be an administrator to install the remote debugger on the remote device. To communicate with the remote debugger, you must have user access to the remote device.

Installing the Remote Debugger

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Installing the remote debugging components
You can run or download the Visual Studio Remote Debugger setup program from the Microsoft download center. Setup programs are also available on the Visual Studio installation media in subfolders of the vs\Remote Debugger folder. Run the setup program that matches the operating system (x86, x64, ARM) on the remote device.