visual-studio-2015debuggervisualizervisual-c++-2015

visual studio 2015 debugger visualizers stopped working

Since yesterday my ability of examining STL variables and boost variables in the watch window suddenly vanished. I've searched for solutions.

  1. I already looked for the options below tools-options-debugging -- e.g. use-Managed-Compatibility is off.
  2. I also tried reinstalling visual C++.
  3. I also tried running as admin.
  4. I tried recreating the entire source tree into a fresh directory and rebuilding from scratch.
  5. I also made certain, that I'm using the native debugger.
  6. I reinstalled the boost visualizers.
Solution

  • the problem was with the boost version. The visualizer package had updated itself and was no longer compatible with the version of boost I was using (1.60). I've downloaded the current version (1.63) and everything started to work again.