# IDA Win32 Local Debugging

The IDA Debugger allows you to either start a new process (Run) or attach itself to an existing process (Attach) ![instant\_debugger\_menu](https://github.com/HexRaysSA/docs/blob/IDA-8.4/assets/00_instant_debugger_menu.gif)

Let's select "attach to local win32". What we get is a list of currently running processes to which we can attach with a simple click. ![connect\_to\_local](https://github.com/HexRaysSA/docs/blob/IDA-8.4/assets/01_connect_to_local.gif)

and here is the result once we are attached to the program. ![attached\_to\_local](https://github.com/HexRaysSA/docs/blob/IDA-8.4/assets/02_attached_to_local.gif)