Troubleshooting the Visual Studio add-in
Published 17 December 2012
If you experience problems with the ANTS Visual Studio add-in, the following information might help:
- If the path to the source code in the .pdb file is invalid, the class is still shown in bold, but the context menu does not display the Visual Studio options. Recompile the application on the computer you are using to profile it.
- If the solution was opened with elevated privileges (Visual Studio is running as administrator), the option for opening the source code inside the solution might not be shown. Restart Visual Studio under the same credentials as ANTS Memory Profiler.
- The Visual Studio add-in is a separate program from ANTS Memory Profiler, and is installed by default as part of Red Gate's .NET bundles. If you purchased ANTS Memory Profiler as a standalone product, you might not have the add-in. In that case, download the add-in by searching for ANTS Profiler add-in in the Visual Studio gallery. You do not need a new license for the add-in, and the add-in will not expire when the bundle's trial period ends.
- If you see two ANTS menus in Visual Studio, this is because version 1 of the add-in couldn't be removed when version 2 was installed. To remove version 1 manually, use Uninstall or change a program in Control Panel.