Get Visual Leak Detector

Step 1

Download Visual Leak Detector from this link.

Step 2

Run the installation and put it where you would like to have it, also when prompted with the question "Add path" press yes! Please note that you will have to restart Visual Studio after installation.

Step 3

Copy all the files from the installation folder ( default: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Leak Detector" ), and copy it all to the folder Project/External/Visual Leak Detector/. That's it, you should now be able to include it in your project allowing you to use VLD.

Step 4

Add the following includes for your project

Include: $(SolutionDir)External\Visual Leak Detector\include

Lib: $(SolutionDir)External\Visual Leak Detector\lib\Win32

Step 5

Once included, get VLD going simply #include <vld.h> at the entry point. DONE!