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VS 2017 hangs app on stepping from a breakpoint
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Alverson, Dennis
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I'm having a nagging problem where it is affecting my ability to debug issues in an efficient matter. This is my situation.
When I am stopped at a breakpoint for a period of time (can't say the amount of time because it is random), i.e. examining variables, etc., and then perform a step operation, the step doesn't work and the debugger goes out to lunch and never comes back. The application is now hung and I have to terminate the debugging session by terminating the process being debugged.
I'm debugging a native C++ application using VS 2017 Version 15.9.11 on Windows 10.
This is very annoying especially if I am deep into a problem that is hard to recreate because now I have to recreate the whole scenario again and again and again.
I've attempted on many occasions to research this problem online but nobody has an answer to this problem that has worked for me. I've tried several solutions for similar, not exact, scenarios.
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Debugging
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David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points2020-10-09T14:59:04.687+00:00 Does this issue arise when you're debugging a specific application, or does it occur for you with a simple console project?
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RLWA32 49,666 Reputation points2020-10-09T15:09:47.12+00:00 Current release of VS 2017 is 15.9.27. Consider upgrading. Take a look at vs2017-relnotes.
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Alverson, Dennis 6 Reputation points
2020-10-11T20:22:09.247+00:00 It happens when I debug my specific application. I haven't had a chance to build a very simple console app to repeat the problem, but it doesn't happen all time stepping through the same exact code, so that indicates it's not the app. With a breakpoint at the same exact place, one time I'll be able to step over the instruction and then on another run it goes out to lunch.
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Alverson, Dennis 6 Reputation points
2020-10-11T20:24:22.103+00:00 I can try that but this problem has been hanging around through many releases so I don't think it'll change. However, I'll give that a try. There is something fundamentally wrong with how this is working and it's very annoying because it prevents me from finding problems in the most efficient manner.
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David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points
2020-10-11T23:05:03.117+00:00 I have a nagging recollection of the same thing happening for me at some point in the past, but I don't recall what VS version that was with, or even if there was some specific work-around (such as changing some debugger evaluation setting). It's not something I've encountered for quite a while though - but I've been using the latest 2019 versions for ages.
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Dylan Zhu-MSFT 6,426 Reputation points2020-10-20T08:58:40.043+00:00 Hi @Alverson, Dennis ,
Could the latest VS2017 troubleshoot this problem? If there is any update information, please feel free to let me know.
Sincerely.
Dylan
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Dennis Alverson 1 Reputation point2020-10-21T15:49:22.637+00:00 Loaded latest version of VS 2017 (15.9.28) and is still happening.
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David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points
2020-10-21T15:51:01.897+00:00 Can you try with VS 2019?
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Dennis Alverson 1 Reputation point
2020-10-21T15:52:50.383+00:00 We are migrating our app to VS 2019 soon, so I'll try it then and then report back.
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Dennis Alverson 1 Reputation point
2020-10-21T15:53:26.397+00:00 but I don't hold out much hope :(
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