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I have installed Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Xp and Start debugging,Break All,Stop Debugging
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Intially it was working but suddenly I faced this problem.
Can any one please let me know the problem?

Posted 11-Sep-13 5:20am

Rachna0309

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Sep-13 11:39am

This "sign" only appears enabled when an application is ready for a run: built, no errors found, etc. If this is the case but run is impossible — there is not enough information to help you.
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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-09-11T05:58:00

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Well, I wouldn't expect all three to be enabled at any one time anyway - you can't start debugging unless you aren't already debugging, and you can't stop debugging unless you are already debugging!

So, the first thing to do is look at where you are: do you have a solution open, with a built and error-free project that targets an EXE file of some type and is bold (to indicate it is the Startup Project)?

If you don't then try fixing that and look again. Second, why do you have the debug toolbar visible in design / code mode? You only need it when debugging - because 90% of it is useless unless you have a debug session running.

If you have all that, try shutting down VS and starting it again - it does sometimes get confused (but not as much as VS2010 :mad: ) and that can cures it's little troubles...

If that doesn't sort it, we need more info as to exactly what you have open, on screen, etc.

Posted 11-Sep-13 5:58am

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Rachna0309 11-Sep-13 12:06pm

Project is error free even though the Start debugging sign is not enabled.
But when I open Tools-->Options-->Debugging-->General it shows error message as below:
"An error occured loading this property page"

OriginalGriff 11-Sep-13 12:14pm

Ouch!
What have you done since it last worked?
Is it patched to SP2?
Can you try it with a fresh open of VS, and create a new, basic project of the same type? If so, what happens?

Rachna0309 11-Sep-13 12:27pm

No its not patched to SP2..
Actually I had to install Visual Basic 6 so I uninstalled Visual Studio 2008.
So I installed Visual Basic 6 first and then again installed VS 2008. From then its not working.
Also I tried opening VS again,created a new project but still Start debugging button is not enabled.

OriginalGriff 11-Sep-13 12:39pm

It's definitely worth patching it as this fixes quite a few bugs, and it is quite possible that will undo the damage - particularly if the previous version that you installed was patched (as is quite likely). It's possible that the uninstall doesn't remove everything (I'm pretty sure it doesn't) and it's also possible that the project files were written with a patched version and the unpatched version doesn't quite understand it.

So that's what I'd start with - D/L the patch to SP2 (I think it includes SP1, but it'll probably tell you if it doesn't) and start with that. Remember, unpatched Microsoft products are effectively Beta releases :laugh:

Rachna0309 11-Sep-13 12:45pm

U mean I need to install Visual Studio 2008 SP2??

OriginalGriff 11-Sep-13 14:01pm

Well, you can't install it on it's own - you install the original and that add the
patches to that. The Service Packs do not install the whole product, they update it.

Rachna0309 11-Sep-13 20:53pm

I added SP2 patches to VS 2008 but still the same problem exists.