Diagnostic Tools in Visual Studio 2017

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I've installed Visual Studio 2017 and I was playing with Diagnostic Tools. suddenly, after some restarts, the window does not open anymore and I don't figure out how to do it. Anyone knows how can I open it again ?

Colic answered 14/3, 2017 at 12:8 Comment(0)

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The selection is a bit hidden, it's in Debug, Windows, Show Diagnostic Tools. It should be with other window settings really to be easily found.

Kreiner answered 14/3, 2017 at 12:16 Comment(6)

Thank you :-) Exactly where you said ! – Colic 14/3, 2017 at 12:20

Given how many entries merging the Debug | Windows sub-menu into the View menu would add when debugging, splitting the many debug tool windows out is probably a good idea. Albeit not discoverable. On the other hand: quick find. – Albertoalberts 14/3, 2017 at 14:37

@Albertoalberts It would bring one extra item, since it would be in a submenu, or at least they could be in the Other Windows section. But yeah, Quick Launch also works fine. – Kreiner 14/3, 2017 at 18:25

@SamiKuhmonen Thanks you're a life saver!! – Pastorate 18/10, 2017 at 9:23

not there :( and quick launch doesnt suggest anything either – Exorcist 6/4, 2018 at 9:38

I was able to add it, but was not to be enabled until the next time I debug – Legato 26/5, 2018 at 19:20

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I just searched for hours for the Diagnostic Tools and did not find them in Visual Studio 2017. There was no menu entry in Debug --> Windows for me.

Finally, I wrote 'Diagnostics' into the Quick Launch bar and Visual Studio offered me to install this missing feature... I guess I forgot to check the tools on first installation!

Clearheaded answered 4/5, 2017 at 7:17 Comment(3)

It appears to be buried under Debug > Performance Profiler in now. (Although network is missing) – Yaakov 10/2, 2020 at 13:57

@Yaakov Performance Profiler and Diagnostics Tools are two different things. – Clearheaded 11/2, 2020 at 15:2

Note that this also works if you have it installed. Except you should write "Diagnostic" in Quick Launch, not "Diagnostics". – Sheathbill 16/2, 2023 at 7:10

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If you're after a hotkey, the Diagnostic Tools can be reopened by default by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2.

Decomposed answered 20/4, 2019 at 10:50 Comment(0)

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For other people struggling to find this. Microsoft might have changed how to open the Diagnostics window. Currently for Visual Studio 2019 I went to Debug > Intellitrace to open the missing Diagnostic window.

Barrie answered 26/1, 2021 at 13:3 Comment(0)

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