How can I easily enable PDB output for all projects and configurations in a large solution?

Question

I have a big solution with over 40 projects and 8 configurations (debug, release etc.). Is there an easy way to enable full PDB output in all projects for all configurations?

Answer 1

This could be done by editing all the .csproj files directly. Use a text based find and replace tool to find all <DebugType> tags and insert the desired value.

Example: <DebugType>none</DebugType> becomes <DebugType>full</DebugType>.