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Remote Debugger

This little jewel ships with Visual Studio and really works. Reminds me of using an old tool called Xpeditor on the mainframe minus the obtuse commands and complicated library setup. With the remote debugger you're allowed to walk through your code, setting breakpoints if necessary on another workstation or server. Using the remote debugger (step by step instructions; courtesy of techrepublic.com) Once you install all the components, you can use the remote debugger with your own applications. Follow these steps to use it with a C#/VB.NET application: 1. In Visual Studio, choose Properties on the Project menu. 2. Select Debug from the Properties page. 3. For the Start Action setting, select Start External Program and in the field type the complete path to the executable on the host computer (running the remote debugger monitor). 4. Under Start Options in the working directory box, type the directory where the executable is located. 5. Select Use Remote Machine a