How to skip debugging all of std namespace in Visual C++ 2013?

Question

I want to skip debugging all of std:: namespace C++ by default, without code window changing to std:: code , authored by Microsoft as xstring . This question is similar to : How to skip common classes in VS 2008 when stepping in? and Auto-skip STL functions during step-by-step debugging in MSVC++2010 . The only difference is that their solution are for visual studio 2008 and 2010. I tried it myself , and it works on visual studio 2010, but I want to do it on visual studio 2013. The same solution doesn't work on visual studio 2013. I tried changing all values in registry equal to :

_RTC_CheckEsp

to

std\:\:.*=NoStepInto

, some of these were values were for visual studio 12.0 ( which is visual studio 2013) , but after restarting visual studio 2013, nothing changed. On the contrary this works on Visual Studio 2010. "Just My Code" option is turned on.

Answer 1

As Hans Passant said, Edit the .natstepfilter files to add exclusions.

create a new file for example nostd.natstepfilter and write in it as in Has the VS2012 NativeDE\StepOver registry entry that prevents step-into for specific functions changed format?

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <StepFilter xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vstudio/debugger/natstepfilter/2010">
   <Function><Name>std::.*</Name><Action>NoStepInto</Action></Function>
</StepFilter>

For a 64-bit windows, move the file to :

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers

while for a 32-bit windows to:

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers

or whatever you customized you installation to. Please note that natstepfilter does not work in mixed mode (mixing native and managed code). Ensure that your project debugging settings is set to Native only