How Can I Debug Access Violations When Running My Program Outside the Debugger?

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Applies to: yesVisual Studio noVisual Studio for Mac

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Problem Description

My program runs fine in the Visual Studio environment, but when I run it stand-alone with the Windows operating system, it produces an access violation. How can I debug this problem?

Solution

Set the Just-in-time debugging option and run your program stand-alone until the access violation occurs. Then, in the Access Violation dialog box, you can click Cancel to start the debugger.

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