Where is link to download Visual Studio Remote debugger tools for VS2019

Question

Unfortunately, MS block workable link to download VS_RemoteTools_X86 for VS2019 and redirect this link to advertising of Visual Studio 2022. I don't need new Windows, new Visual Studio, new Framework, new Visual Studio for MAC or something other. I need exactly Visual Studio 2019 remote debugger tools, but unfortunately can not found it in MS site. Attempt to install msvsmon.exe to remote machine from local directory with VS2019 was unsuccessful too. And link to repair this issue Microsoft also has been break and also has redirected to meaningless advertising.

So, is anybody knows where is workable link to Remote debugger tools for VS2019?

Elohim

Answer 1

UPDATE (May 2024)

It appears as though the tools are no longer available to download!

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ORIGINAL ANSWER

The links are definitely there, you're not trying hard enough.

From the Visual Studio downloads page scroll to the bottom where you'll see a link for Older downloads. Yes, there's another prompt to install VS 2022 but look further down the page is a section for "2019", expand that and you will see download button/link for "Visual Studio 2019 and other Products". The blurb even mentions Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2019 (underlined in red below by me).

Follow that link (you'll have to sign in) and you'll be taken to a downloads page with a pre-filled search for "Visual Studio 2019". Modify the search "Visual Studio 2019 remote" and it should be easy enough to find.

Burse

unfortunately, this screen can not contain a link. It contain only link to Microsofr Federal authentication for collecting information about users, like phone number and other. And I see page my.visualstudio.com/downloads and searching "Visual Studio 2019 remote debugger tools" or "Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.9)" send me result - "We didn't find results for "Visual Studio 2019 remote debugger tools" – Elohim

Answer 2

As of May 2024 : Microsoft has gone full scorched earth on this.

The official documentation leads you to download : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/remote-debugging?view=vs-2022

This leads you to download for Remote tools 2019 : https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=remote%20tools%20visual%20studio%202019

All downloads for this are marked as "Download : not available"

At the top of this page (after logging in) you can see "Subscriptions" and I can see mine such as "visual studio dev essentials" And it says "free" and "perpetual"

Some where i found a downloadable Excel file that specifically lists "Visual studio Remote tools 2019" as requiring that exact license "dev essentials"

After sending them a support ticket, telling them I can not download this required software with the "perpetual free license" that I have... They tell me I can not download this, and that they really wish they could call me and turn me into a sales target.

(I have already done a quick analysis on vs2022, and it is not compatible with some of the very old libraries in use by an old application, so upgrade from 2019 is not possible at this time)

Thermo

Full Scorched Earth is correct. This is the kind of endearing customer support that makes Microsoft a leader in these kinds of debug tools. :) – Trottier

Answer 3

If you scroll a bit bellow the Microsft-Download table, you'll find:

You can run the remote debugger by copying msvsmon.exe to the remote computer, rather than installing the remote tools. However, the Remote Debugger Configuration Wizard (rdbgwiz.exe) is available only when you install the remote tools.

So, go to your visual studio folder, grab the msvsmon.exe (plus files), copy it over and happy debugging ;)

(for example "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Remote Debugger\x64\*"

Alleyn

Answer 4

I had some backup installers from July 2023. All Remote Tools, Team Explorer, Test Agent, Test Controller and Intellitrace Collector installers had been uploaded to: Archive.org, I hope it might help.

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