Manage the Standalone Tools Under the Nsight Menu
Managing the standalone tools under the Nsight menu.
1. Manage the Standalone Tools Under the Nsight Menu
The standalone tools under the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension can be managed individually or by the Extension Manager as a group.
2. Individual Management of the Standalone Tools
2.1. Tool Installation Control
If a participating standalone tool is installed when Visual Studio is launched, the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension detects the tool's presence on the system and it will be available for inclusion on the Nsight menu of participating versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, independent of other NVIDIA Nsight standalone tools.
Similarly, if the standalone tool is uninstalled, the tool will be removed from the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension and will no longer be shown in the Nsight menu.
Note that uninstalling an individual tool, will remove this tool from the Nsight Visual Studio Extension and the tool will not be shown under the Nsight menu. For example, if Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems and Nsight Graphics are installed, then Nsight Compute is uninstalled, Nsight Compute will no longer appear in the Nsight menu, as shown to the right. |
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If you uninstall a product while Visual Studio is running, the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension is not notified. Attempting to launch an activity from an uninstalled product will result in an error indicating that the executable could not be found. Therefore, it is not recommended to uninstall the standalone tool while Visual Studio is running, but it is not fatal and will not harm your Visual Studio session. |
2.2. Tool Visibility Control
If a tool is installed, its visibility in the Nsight menu may be configured using the NVIDIA Nsight Integration options in the Extension Manager. (NOTE: these controls are not found under the Nsight menu's Options that appear when NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition is installed.)
You can individually enable or disable visibility of a specific version of a tool by going to the Visual Studio menu > Tools > Options > NVIDIA Nsight Integration > Tools, as shown here.
Separate versions of a given NVIDIA Nsight tool (for example, Nsight Graphics 2020.1, Nsight Graphics 2020.2) have individual entries in the menu. If you do not wish to have multiple entries, you may either use the NVIDIA Nsight Integration visibility control as described above, or uninstall the version if you do not wish to have it on your system at all.
Additionally, note that each version of Microsoft Visual Studio manages its own extensions. Setting the NVIDIA Nsight Integration visibility for a tool in one version of Visual Studio does not affect the NVIDIA Nsight Integration visibility for the tool on other versions of Visual Studio on the same machine.
2.3. Keybindings
NVIDIA Nsight Integration fully integrates into Visual Studio to provide the opportunity to bind keyboard shortcuts to the activities that the standalone tools provide. To use these shortcuts, navigate to the keyboard shortcuts options with Microsoft Visual Studio and search for Nsight. When the results are filtered, set your bindings as you would like.
When multiple versions of a given tool are installed, there are multiple commands that the shortcuts could bind to. NVIDIA Nsight Integration explicitly always binds to the highest version number tool so that your command bindings always give you the most recent experience. If you wish to focus your keybindings on another version, you can use the Tool Visibility Controls to hide the default version, and the keybindings are applied to the default of the version(s) that remain.
3. Group Management of the Standalone Tools
To remove the Visual Studio integration of standalone tools from the Nsight menu, simply use the Visual Studio Extension Manager to find the Nsight Visual Studio Extension, and remove or disable/enable it.
Each version of Microsoft Visual Studio manages its own extensions. Removing, enabling, or disabling the NVIDIA Nsight Integration in one version of Visual Studio does not affect the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension on other versions of Visual Studio on the same machine.
Access the Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2017 and earlier Access the Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2019 and later
Disable or Remove NVIDIA Nsight Integration
3.1. Disable the Nsight Integration Extension
The Disable button is unavailable in Visual Studio 2015.
Use the Disable button to disable the extension. This will hide the standalone tool menu items, so these tools cannot be seen or launched from the Visual Studio Nsight menu. Note that the Nsight Visual Studio Edition menu items will not be affected by this. Note: Visual Studio will have to be closed and restarted for the changes to take effect. Each version of Microsoft Visual Studio manages its own extensions. Disabling the NVIDIA Nsight Integration in one version of Visual Studio does not affect the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension on other versions of Visual Studio on the same machine. |
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3.2. Enable the Nsight Integration Extension
The Enable button is unavailable in Visual Studio 2015.
Use the Enable button to re-enable a disabled Nsight Visual Studio Extension. This will show the standalone tool menu items, so that these tools can again be launched from the Visual Studio Nsight menu. Note: Visual Studio will have to be closed and restarted for the changes to take effect. When enabling, give the Extension Manager several seconds to re-add the Nsight Integration Extension and the standalone tools to the Nsight Menu. Each version of Microsoft Visual Studio manages its own extensions. Disabling the NVIDIA Nsight Integration in one version of Visual Studio does not affect the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension on other versions of Visual Studio on the same machine. Any installed participating tools will be found and shown by NVIDIA Nsight Integration once it is re-enabled. |
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3.3. Uninstall the Nsight Integration Extension
Use the Uninstall button to disable the extensions. This only removes the Nsight Integration Extension, and does not affect the installation or behavior of the standalone tools, other than their appearance in the Nsight menu. Each version of Microsoft Visual Studio manages its own extensions. Disabling the NVIDIA Nsight Integration in one version of Visual Studio does not affect the NVIDIA Nsight Integration extension on other versions of Visual Studio on the same machine. Any installed participating tools will be found and shown by NVIDIA Nsight Integration once it is re-enabled. |
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The next time any installed Visual Studio is launched, the Nsight Integration Extension will not be present, and no standalone tools will be integrated into the Nsight menu. |
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4. Getting Updates
4.1. NVIDIA Nsight Integration Updates
When an update to NVIDIA Nsight Integration is available, Microsoft Visual Studio will display a yellow notification flag in the title bar. Clicking on this flag will show your available updates, as shown here. Hovering over the NVIDIA Nsight Integration link provides a tool tip with more information about the update. |
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Clicking the link in the update notification will display the extension as an available update in the Extension Manager as shown to the right. Clicking the Update button on the Extension Manager will schedule the update for the next time Visual Studio exits, as noted by the Extension Manager status bar, as shown below. Click the Close button to exit the Extension Manager, then close Visual Studio to begin the update installation. From there, the process follows the installation pattern mentioned in Appendix B - Installing NVIDIA Nsight Integration Extension from the Visual Studio Tools & Extensions Menu. |
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You can also go directly to the Visual Studio Marketplace to download and install the latest version using the procedure described in Appendix A - Installing NVIDIA Nsight Integration Extension from the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace Site. Note that the installation will not proceed to update the same version. |
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