In Visual Studio, how do I debug a project without building it

Question

This is for Visual Studio 2008.

I have Tools|Projects and Solutions|Build and Run|On Run, when projects are out of date set to Always build bec

Answer 1

I put the following function in my NuGet_profile.ps1:

function debugnobuild() {
    # temporarily disable build (same as Properties -> Configuration -> ..)
    $buildProjects = @($DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.ActiveConfiguration.SolutionContexts |
    where ShouldBuild | foreach {
        $_.ShouldBuild = $false
        $_.ProjectName
    })
    try {
        # start debugging
        $DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.Debug()
    }
    finally {
        # undo changes
        $DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.ActiveConfiguration.SolutionContexts |
        where { $buildProjects -contains $_.ProjectName } | foreach {
            $_.ShouldBuild = $true
        }
    }
}

Then just call debugnobuild (or any name you prefer) in the Package Manager Console.