Viewing and Configuring Project Search Directories

By default, for a C/C++ project, the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier finds binary, source and symbol files automatically using the data from the Microsoft Visual Studio* C++ project properties.

In some cases you may need to configure additional search locations or override standard ones. This is required for .exe projects created out of Visual Studio, where no information about project directory structure is available, for C++ projects with a third party library for which you wish to define binaries/sources, or for the imported projects with the data collected remotely.

To view default project search directories for system functions:

Right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Properties.

To configure search directories:

1. Click the Project Properties button on the toolbar and open the Binary/Symbol Search tab for configuring paths for binary or symbol files, or open the Source Search tab for configuring paths for source files.

2. To add a new search directory in the Search Directories table, click the <Add new search location> row and type the path and name of the directory in the activated text box, or click the ... button on the right to select a directory from the list.

   In almost all cases it is enough to configure a single search directory (top-level project directory) for all types of files. For example, if your project was initially located in C:\work\projects\my_project and then moved to C:\home\mike\my_project_copy, you need to specify the C:\home\mike\my_project_copy as a non-recursive search directory for all file types.