One Click Debug

One Click Debug

One Click Debug is a Visual Studio extension that lets you run a repeatable local debug workflow with a single click.

It is designed for teams that regularly perform the same sequence before debugging, such as:

• Build the current solution
• Run a custom command in a chosen working directory
• Wait for a configurable delay
• Reattach the debugger to the previous process

What It Does

With one command, One Click Debug can:

• Build the currently opened solution
• Run any configurable command-line command
• Stream command output to the Visual Studio Output window
• Retry through cmd.exe when needed so shell errors are visible
• Wait a configurable number of seconds before debugger reattach
• Trigger Visual Studio's built-in Reattach to Process
• Stop the running command from inside Visual Studio

Why Use It

Many teams have a local startup/debug routine that is repetitive and easy to get wrong. One Click Debug turns that routine into a single repeatable action inside Visual Studio.

Instead of switching between terminals, menus, and debugger commands, you can keep the workflow inside the IDE.

Configuration

The extension reads its settings from a cmf-local-stack.json file located next to the active solution file.

Example:

{
  "SolutionConfigurationName": "",
  "RunBuild": true,
  "RunCommand": true,
  "RunReattach": true,
  "ReattachDelaySeconds": 10,
  "StopIfBuildFails": true,
  "StopIfCommandFails": true,
  "WorkingDirectory": "C:\\repo\\your-solution-root",
  "CommandExecutable": "your-command",
  "CommandArguments": "your arguments here"
}