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Recently I noticed this menu item is gone in my new VS 2015. Is a feature, or just me?
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The debugger can break execution at the point where an exception is thrown, so you may examine the exception before a handler is invoked. In the Exception Settings window ( Debug > Windows > Exception Settings ), expand the node for a category of exceptions, such as Common Language Runtime Exceptions.
Well, exceptions, for example, are recorded events. Debugger events like breaking on breakpoints are also events. Here’s how the Diagnostics tool window looks like when I stopped on a breakpoint after an exception was thrown: Now you can actually click on the exception event to enter a special Historical debug mode.
Tell the debugger to continue on user-unhandled exceptions 1 In the Exception Settings window, open the shortcut menu by right-clicking a column label, and then select Show Columns... 2 To change this setting for a particular exception, select the exception, right-click to show the shortcut menu, and... More ...
The Exception Settings window contains a list of the default exceptions provided by Visual Studio. These exceptions are grouped into categories that correspond to the different debug engines you might use. Checking a checkbox next to an exception means that you are instructing the debugger to break execution when that exception is thrown.
It's still there, just moved to be its own dockable window instead of a dialog:
Debug => Windows => Exception Settings
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