Visual Studio 2010 Hangs When Debugging App

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Hi All Again.

as the title says.
it just started happening this morning, but it seams to do it on just that one solution.

but i dont want to recreate the solution( but may do just to see if that fixes it ).

what could cause this ?
i tried adding a dummy win32 console app in to see if it was just the one project, but it also hanges the IDE.

any suggestions ?

Thanks in Advance.

Posted 21-Oct-11 3:10am

ryan20fun

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Andrew Rissing · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-21T03:52:00

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I'd try a couple of things:

1) Disable all extensions/addons (Power Tools, Resharper, etc.) and try it.

2) Put a breakpoint at the very start of your program (your program's entry point - ex. Main) and see if it reaches there.

3) Recreate the solution and see if that fixes it. If it does, do a diff between the two and see where they differ. It won't be pretty but it'd be good to know why it is hanging up.

4) If you use source control, roll back a few days and see if it continues to exist.

Posted 21-Oct-11 3:52am

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Albert Holguin 21-Oct-11 14:37pm

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@Andrew Rissing
Good Points

The new project option works right.

i tried deleting the .suo file fixed the problem( at least for now )
it appears that a large suo file can cause VS to hang( mine was at 3MB ).

Albert Holguin 21-Oct-11 14:38pm

Sorry Andrew, deleted your comment to him when I deleted his comment... I saw your comment pop-in right when I deleted the post. +5

Andrew Rissing 21-Oct-11 16:23pm

Np, I should have just commented on the original question. No biggie. Thanks for the +5 :)

ryan20fun 22-Oct-11 1:45am

@Albert
Thanks :-)

ryan20fun 22-Oct-11 1:42am

@Albert
Thanks :-)