jhen0409
Enhancement: Windows installation is not indexed by search
The windows installer of react native debugger installed in my AppData folder. Windows search automatically excludes this folder from the search index. Because of this i cannot open react native debugger from my windows search.
I solved this myself by adding a shortcut of react-native-debugger.exe in the programs folder wich will be indexed (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs).
It would be nice if the installation wizard did this automatically! :)
React Native Debugger app version: 0.9.9 React Native version: 0.59.9 Operating System: Windows
Still having this issue on the latest version. Could you please at least mention it somewhere in the docs? Took me a while to find the install location.
Ran into this same issue, would be nice if there was some info on the github https://github.com/jhen0409/react-native-debugger/issues/533
I agree that was confusing to me as well. I would run the original executable every time I want to use the debugger. 😅 @Xammie solution worked great. I created shortcut form %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\react_native_debugger\react-native-debugger.exe to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and now I can see it in my start menu search.
Same issue for me. I was using installer to open debugger every time, even search in the whole C: folder wasn't returning anything. Glad I found this comment, just sent a shortcut to the desktop.
My alternative for the same issue was right click %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\react_native_debugger\react-native-debugger.exe and select "Pin to Start"
