How to: Display Spy++ Views
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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When Spy++ starts, it opens in Windows View, a tree view of all windows and controls available on your machine. This root window is captioned "Windows 1." There are also three other Spy++ views available: Messages View, Processes View, and Threads View. You can display the desired view from the Spy menu. For more information, see Spy++ Views.