diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugAttachedExecutable.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugAttachedExecutable.java
index eac99283393..33b25c729b9 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugAttachedExecutable.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugAttachedExecutable.java
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ public class DebugAttachedExecutable {
 	}
 
 	protected static ILaunchConfigurationType getLaunchConfigType() {
-		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(
-				"org.eclipse.cdt.launch.attachLaunchType"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants.ID_LAUNCH_C_ATTACH);
 	}
 
 	protected static ILaunchConfiguration createConfiguration(boolean save) {
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugCoreFile.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugCoreFile.java
index 5b7759e2b28..7e8ccbb8342 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugCoreFile.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugCoreFile.java
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ public class DebugCoreFile {
 	}
 
 	protected static ILaunchConfigurationType getLaunchConfigType() {
-		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(
-				"org.eclipse.cdt.launch.postmortemLaunchType"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants.ID_LAUNCH_C_POST_MORTEM);				
 	}
 	
 	protected static ILaunchConfiguration createConfiguration(String corePath, String exePath, boolean save) {
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugExecutable.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugExecutable.java
index 9df24a44ea6..04b68505984 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugExecutable.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/debug/application/DebugExecutable.java
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ public class DebugExecutable {
 	}
 
 	protected static ILaunchConfigurationType getLaunchConfigType() {
-		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(
-				"org.eclipse.cdt.launch.applicationLaunchType"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		return getLaunchManager().getLaunchConfigurationType(ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants.ID_LAUNCH_C_APP);
 	}
 	
 	protected static ILaunchConfiguration createConfiguration(String bin,