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I was trying to debug a c++ app, but I saw breakpoints show "breakpoint will not be hit", so I checked the modules window and I saw "Binary was not build with debug information" so no symbols are loaded. And the only pdb file on the /debug folder is vc100.pdb, and there are no other pdb files anywhere in the project folders.
In properties C/C++ > Debug Information Format, I have set Program Database (/Zi). And runtime library is set to Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd).
Am I missing any other setting that's causing not to create the pdb files?
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Try go to Tools->Options->Debugging->Symbols and select checkbox "Microsoft Symbol Servers", Visual Studio will download PDBs automatically. PDB is a debug information file used by Visual Studio. These are system DLLs, which you don't have debug symbols for.
Open Settings: Tools->Options -> Debugging -> Symbols and add directory, where your . PDB files are located. You can add custom path, like for each project, and also you can edit common path, where Visual Studio will save all . pdb cache.
pdb file stores all debug information for the project's .exe file, and resides in the \debug subdirectory. The <project>. pdb file contains full debug information, including function prototypes, not just the type information found in VC<x>. pdb.
You also need to have: Properties > Linker > Debugging > Generate Debug Info = "Yes"
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