# Setting the debugger type in visual studio

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-the-debugger-type-in-visual-studio/4386
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-the-debugger-type-in-visual-studio/4386 "2021-11-01T10:29:21Z")
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### Author: ![Asafs](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/asafs/32/1925_2.png) [@Asafs](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Asafs)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-the-debugger-type-in-visual-studio/4386/1 "2021-11-01T10:29:22Z")

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Is there a way, to set the debugger type property for a project (possible values are: auto, native only, etc. ) in visual studio?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-the-debugger-type-in-visual-studio/4386/2 "2021-11-01T11:06:19Z")

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The [`VS_USER_PROPS`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_tgt/VS_USER_PROPS.html) target property is probably the easiest way (if it is a per-target decision). If not…it’d probably need a new knob added.