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Visual Studio package cannot be debugged in VS 2017 RC


I have a VSIX package (extension) that works and can be debugged in VS 2013 and 2015. I have now adjusted the manifest to allow the package to be installed in VS 2017. However, it doesn't work there properly and I want to debug it.

I open the package project in VS 2015 and tell it to debug the package in VS 2017 RC with the usual command line switch /rootsuffix Exp. A clean VS 2017 instance starts, but the package is not installed in it so it cannot be debugged. How to fix this?


Solution

  • The only practical way to add support for VS 2017 is to open and build your extension in VS 2017: How to: Migrate Extensibility Projects to Visual Studio 2017. After the migration it should be easy to debug in VS 2017.