VS 2008 Watch Window Watches Collapsing

Question

I'm using VS 2008 Standard. Is there a way to keep the entries in the debug watch window from collapsing when restarting a debug session?

For example, if I have a five element array in the watch window, I click the plus sign to expand it. What I would like is the next time I start a debug session on the same project without exiting VS, for the expanded watch(es) to come up expanded. -- jerry

Jerry Fike · Answer

Thanks for the reply. Yes I was guessing it was (a default) since I couldn't find a preference or anything to control it. Thought maybe there was a registry trick or something similar. Seems the default would be better to leave it the way it was when exiting a debug session. I know I'll typically be in a debug session and notice a problem maybe something not even related to what I'm debugging but I want to change it and rebuild/debug.

Suthish Nair · Answer

that might be an default feature of VS Watch Window

VS 2008 Watch Window "Watches" Collapsing