VS 2017 - Very slow (laggy) when debugging

Question

When I debug my solution, vs 2017 is very laggy and slow it\'s like it has to operate something heavy in the background.

So it stops \"responding\" every 5 seconds for 2

Answer 1

Sometimes it is because of a Realtime scan in Antivirus.

"Add exceptions" Visual Studio files/folders for your Antivirus

C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft Visual Studio \ 2017 \ Professional \ Common7 \ IDE \ devenv.exe

C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft Visual Studio \ 201