How to: Break or Continue a Process

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In the Processes window, you can break execution of an attached process. You can also continue or resume execution of a process that is currently in break mode.

These operations are available only if the Break all processes when one process breaks option is disabled. Break all processes when one process breaks is enabled by default.

To break a process

  • In the Processes window, right-click a running process, then click Break Process.

To continue a process

  • In the Processes window, right-click a process that is in break mode, then click Continue Process.

To enable breaking and continuing of individual processes

  1. In the Tools menu, click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, open the Debugging node, then click General.

  3. Clear the Break all processes when one process breaks check box.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Terminate a Process

How to: Use the Processes Window

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Execution Control

Other Resources

Attaching to Running Processes