What is the use of vshost.exe in .net

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Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

vshost.exe is a special version of the executable to aid debuging https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/debugging-and-the-hosting-process?view=vs-2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/dtemp/vshost-the-hosting-process

Harsh Shah · Answer

If you are developing with Visual Studio 2005 you probably have seen the *.vshost.exe files inside of your bin folder or you saw the process running while debugging. The vshost.exe file is coming from Visual Studio and serves a very good purpose. The vshost.exe is a new Visual Studio 2005 feature and is actually a hosting process. The purpose of it is mostly to make debugging launch quicker - basically there's already a process with the framework running, just ready to load your application as soon as you want it to. Check this link http://geekswithblogs.net/pavelka/archive/2006/08/11/WhatIsTheVshostExeDoing.aspx

Salman Beg · Answer

The vshost.exe file is the executable run by Visual Studio (Visual Studio host executable). This is the executable that links to Visual Studio and improves debugging. When you're distributing your application to others, you do not use the vshost.exe or . pdb files. Check this link, https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/use-of-vshostexe1