Why doesn't VS2010 debugger stop at my breakpoints?

Question

I am working on a C#.NET class library project in VS2010. In my project settings -> debug settings, I have the project set to start an external program (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe) which runs a very simple jscript file (test.js). The script simply creates an instance of the class and calls one of it's methods.

The problem is when I start debugging, VS2010 does not stop at any of my breakpoints. If I open up the exact same project in VS2008 it does stop at the break points. Is there a new setting somewhere that is preventing the breakpoints from being hit? Has anyone else ran into this issue?

Answer 1

My first check would be to disable "Just My Code"

• Tools -> Options
• Debugger
• Uncheck "Enable Just My Code"

Try the scenario again.

Answer 2

I have a tried a whole day to find out why I couldn't debug my visual studio 2012 console application, and the answer was embarrassing.

I was running it in "RELEASE" mode.

Sometimes the obvious is the hard to find.