The process msdbg2.dll, also known as Active Debugging Proxy/ Stub, is a component of the Microsoft Visual Studio. The DLL files in the module msdbg2.dll communicate with many executable files like aeclient.exe (Application Performance Explorer Client), analyze.exe (Microsoft SourceSafe Database Analysis Tool), clbk_cvr.exe (VB Clock Server), depends.exe (Dependency Walker for Win32), hcw.exe (Microsoft R Help Workshop), and mc.exe (Windows NT Message Complier). Microsoft Visual Studio and its associated files are tools that are used for the development of console and graphical user interface applications, and windows presentation foundation (WPF) applications. It is an integrated develpment environment (IDE) that features a code editor that supports syntax highlighting and code completion using IntelliSense. IntelliSense is a component of Visual Studio that completes symbol names and serves as disambiguation and documentation for variable functions, names, and methods using reflection.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. msdbg2.dll. is used by Microsoft Visual Studio, If you shut down msdbg2.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop msdbg2.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft Visual Studio, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed msdbg2.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Visual Studio, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if msdbg2.dll. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that msdbg2.dll, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Visual Studio