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Change the name of the Debug Version of a DLL or Exe

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Its very useful to name the Debug version of the exe or DLL with letter "D" appended inoder to avoid confisuion between release and debug version of binaries

Steps:

  1. Create a console application with name "MyProject"

  2. To change the output file name in debug configuration

place D as shown in below figure

Project Project Properties -> Linker -> General -> Output File

Release Version: MyProject Application Name: c:MyProjectReleaseMyProject.exe Debug Version: MyProject Application Name: c:MyProjectDebugMyProjectD.exe