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I'm writing code in Visual Studio but whenever I want to test the application and press the green arrow for "Start debugging", Visual Studio does not automatically recompile the active solution for me and I have to manually build the solution then debug it.

Visual Studio used to automatically build before debug and I want this back as contantly having to manually build is a serious pain.

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In the Visual Studio settings under Projects and Solutions->Build and Run change the option On Run, when projects are out of date: from Never Build to Always Build

Edit: Per your comments, open the "Configuration Manager" (in the Debug/Release dropdown) and ensure that the Build checkbox is checked for all of the projects you want to build in each of your configurations.

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its not working :( – Kurru Apr 28 '10 at 16:56
Changed the build type to "release" and it worked fine. What are the differences between building for 'Debug' instead of 'release'? – Kurru Apr 28 '10 at 17:01
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Did you open the Configuration Manager to make sure that the "Build" checkbox is checked under the debug configuration? – heavyd Apr 28 '10 at 21:13
Ahhh thank you! Thank fixed it! Never even noticed the configuration manager menu item before. – Kurru Apr 29 '10 at 11:09
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