See all breakpoints in Visual Studio 2010+
Try Debug -> Windows -> Breakpoints.
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Visual Studio Disabling Missing XML Comment Warning
As suggested above, in general I don’t think that these warnings should be ignored (suppressed). To summarise, the ways around the warning would be to: Suppress the warning by changing the project Properties > Build > Errors and warnings > Suppress warnings by entering 1591 Add the XML documentation tags (GhostDoc can be quite handy … Read more
Visual Studio Clicking Find Results Opens Code in Wrong Window
Click Window → Reset Window Layout
Unable to load DLL ‘SQLite.Interop.dll’
I know I’m late to the party but I had this issue right after I pulled down latest x86/x64 today (version 1.0.88.0). My local IIS in VS2012 runs 32bit by default and there’s no easy way to switch to x64. My production server runs 64bit. Anyway I installed the NuGet package to a DLL project … Read more
Configuration System Failed to Initialize
Make sure that your config file (web.config if web, or app.config if windows) in your project starts as: <?xml version=”1.0″?> <configuration> <configSections> <sectionGroup name=”applicationSettings” type=”System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089″ > <section name=”YourProjectName.Properties.Settings” type=”System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089″ requirePermission=”false” /> </sectionGroup> </configSections> </configuration> Note that inside the configuration element, the first child must be the configSections … Read more
IIS Express Windows Authentication
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and 2012 added support for IIS Express eliminating the need to edit angle brackets. If you haven’t already, right-click a web-flavored project and select “Use IIS Express…”. Once complete, select the web project and press F4 to focus the Properties panel. Set the “Windows Authentication” property to Enabled, and the “Anonymous … Read more
Cannot obtain value of local or argument as it is not available at this instruction pointer, possibly because it has been optimized away
Go to Project Properties and under Build Make sure that the “Optimize Code” checkbox is unchecked. Also, set the “Debug Info” dropdown to “Full” in the Advanced Options (Under Build tab).
How do I cancel a build that is in progress in Visual Studio?
You can hit Ctrl+Break on the keyboard to cancel/stop a build that is currently in progress.
Auto select file in Solution Explorer from its open tab
Another option is to bind ‘View.TrackActivityInSolutionExplorer’ to a keyboard short-cut, which is the same as ‘Tools–>Options–>Projects and Solutions–>Track Active Item in Solution Explorer’ If you activate the short-cut twice the file is selected in the solution explorer, and the tracking is disabled again. Visual Studio 2013+ There is now a feature built in to the … Read more
How to debug a single thread in Visual Studio?
Here’s what I did: Set a conditional break point that I knew would only hit on the thread that I was looking for. Once the breakpoint hits and you are in the thread you want, in the Visual Studio Threads window (while debugging, Debug -> Windows -> Threads), Ctrl + A (to select all threads), … Read more