Change name of generated PDB file to include .exe or .dll extension of its executable

Question

In Visual Studio 2010, is it possible to change the naming of the .pdb file to include the full name of the executable, including its extension, and that debugging will still work?

For example, suppose I have an executable myprogram.exe , I want the pdb to be myprogram.exe.pdb rather than myprogram.pdb . Similarly, I want mylibrary.dll to have mylibrary.dll.pdb rather than mylibrary.pdb .

Answer 1

.pdb name is specified in c:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\Microsoft.CSharp.targets file.

<_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetName).pdb" Condition="'$(_DebugSymbolsProduced)'=='true' and '@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath)'==''"/>

You can edit it to override .pdb file names globally.