How to avoid Visual Studio detaching when opening existing project?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I have downloaded requirements, cloned the source, generated projects, and built the editor (development editor mode, Win64)
I have also run Engine/Binaries/Win64/UnrealVersionSelector-Win64-Shippping.exe from the command line.
When I start the editor is Visual Studio, it’s attached as debugger.
However, when I select an existing project in the project selector window that shows up on start (the project was previously built with the pre-built version of the engine) and open it, Visual Studio detaches, and a new copy of the engine opens the project.
How can I make the instance that I’m debugging in Visual Studio be the one that opens a project?

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There are several different approaches:

  • You can check the ‘always open this project’ checkbox, and on subsequent debugger runs it will launch directly into the project.
  • You can specify the full path to the .uproject on the debug command line as the first argument.
  • You can re-attach the debugger to the editor after choosing a project

Cheers,
Michael Noland

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Thanks! Attaching after the fact works great for normal use. I guess if I need to start with graphics debugging, I’ll start with a specific project on the command line.

So, while we’re at it, is there an easy way to make the editor not start the launcher each time it’s started?

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Good question. For now I let it open all the time in reduced mode.