After you build a project in the Visual Studio IDE, you can view information about that build in the Output window.



To change the amount of information included in the build log

On the menu bar, choose Tools, Options.

On the Projects and Solutions page, choose the Build and Run page.

In the MSBuild project build output verbosity list, choose one of the following values, and then choose the OK button.

Verbosity level

Description

Quiet

Displays a summary of the build only.

Minimal

Displays a summary of the build and errors, warnings, and messages that are categorized as highly important.

Normal

Displays a summary of the build; errors, warnings, and messages that are categorized as highly important; and the main steps of the build.You'll use this level of detail most frequently.

Detailed

Displays a summary of the build; errors, warnings, and messages that are categorized as highly important; all of the steps of the build; and messages that are categorized as of normal importance.

Diagnostic

Displays all data that's available for the build.You can use this level of detail to help debug issues with custom build scripts and other build issues.