VS2010 does not show unhandled exception message in a WinForms Application on a 64-bit version of Windows

Question

When I create a new project, I get a strange behavior for unhandled exceptions. This is how I can reproduce the problem:

1) create a new Windows Forms Application (C

Answer 1

A simple work-around could be if you can move your init code to another event like as Form_Shown which called later than Form_Load, and use a flag to run startup code at first form shown:

bool firstLoad = true; //flag to detect first form_shown

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //firstLoad = true;
    //dowork(); //not execute initialization code here (postpone it to form_shown)
}

private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (firstLoad) //simulate Form-Load
    {
        firstLoad = false;

        dowork();
    }
}

void dowork()
{
    var f = File.OpenRead(@"D:\NoSuchFile756.123"); //this cause an exception!

}