MS visual studio - debug / release options

I am really a big fan of visual studio, but today I helped a friend installing visual studio express edition on his computer and we find out that the release/debug option beside the play button was disabled...strange. So we google the question. Thus we find out that turning back on the release/debug option was quite cumbersome.
The response was find on stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2812423/how-to-switch-between-debug-release-in-visual-c-2010-express)

And reported here for your convenience:
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1. Enable Tools -> Settings -> Expert Settings.
2. Go to Tools -> Options. In the dialog box, check the Show All Settings option in the bottom left.
3. In the above dialog, now choose Projects and Solutions -> General. Check the option Show advanced build configurations. Click Okay.

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