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Debugger Install Issue
Dec 28th, 2012 at 6:33am
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Hi Tim,

I thought that I'd give you an update on my latest attempt to get the debugger to work: once again, I installed Visual Micro and the debugger (version 121104) on yet another pristine 64-bit Windows 8 machine with VS 2010, following exactly the documented installation steps. As previously, VM works except for the debugger which consistently fails to start.

Based on John's feedback above, I also tried installing VM and the debugger while logged in as 'Administrator'... with the same results. Btw, this should never be required: the Administrator account is disabled by default and should never be needed for anything since privilege elevation prompts show up as needed.

I wish I could spend more time on this, but have to move on for the time being. All I can say is that there's something wrong with the way the installer registers the debugger extension, with all signs pointing to mismatched ACL(s) on some of the debugger's files. Sorry that I can't provide any more details at the moment but I'll gladly investigate further if you can provide specifics as to what I should be looking for.

As always, thanks for your hard work Smiley

Cheers,
-Fabien.
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Re: Debugger Install Issue
Reply #1 - Dec 28th, 2012 at 2:14pm
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I agree admin should never be needed and yes I always see the admin prompt for elevated privs.

The plugin system is very simple and the plugin installer is responsible for installing the shared dll that must reside in the windows GAC.

When you have time please confirm that you see the dll in the .net 3.5 GAC.

The debugger installer does not install files that need registering. All it does is copies over some arduino source and the c# graphical controls such as analog pins, digital pins and memory usage graph.

Visual Studio is responsible for the loading the c# controls when the debugger starts. The c# controls are set to be COm Visible so should auto register when the first load. All the controls have a reference to the Visual.Micro.Debugger.Data.Extension.dll which needs to be located in the GAC.

I hope you manage to look at this sometime but appreciate that you are busy.
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