So, over the last couple of weeks I started noticing that VC# 2k5 EE didn't have a drop down box to select the project configuration type (debug or release). That seemed pretty odd, since I thought I remembered seeing it. It became rather annoying, as I had to open the project settings and manually change the compiler options in order to switch between a debugging and a release build configuration. Then, I reallized all my XNA game projects had the configuration drop down box, right next to the "start program" button. And the configuration manager option was back on the tools menu. To test it, I created one new project for each project template that XNAGSE had, and the only projects that had configuration management were XNA projects. Now, this is silly, because XNA games on Windows build no differently than windows applications for x86 processors. After creating the XNA game project, I can use the project settings page to completely reconfigure what type of project it is (even a console app), and still have the configuration manager. So it seems that after installing XNAGSE, only the XNA project templates get the configuration manager, for some reason. I noticed that it is a little different, now with an option to select a target platform (mine reads "X86" and "All Platforms"). I can't seem to get the configuration manager to show up on any projects that I previously created as normal projects. Anyone else see this?

Before writing this post, I had been all over the Options screen, and even had the "show all settings" check box marked, but somehow I completely skimmed over the "show advanced build configuration" setting. Thanks.