Visual Studio 2010 debug not starting, F5 or click on “Play” not working, not doing anything. Waiting 2-3 minutes solves the issue

Question

I have a relatively simple C# (Framework 4) console application. When I click the \"Play\" icon or hit F5 (i.e. start the program in debug mode), the icon becomes gra

Answer 1

try this: open Task Manager, go to processes tab and look for process named after your app. if its there just kill the bastard and try to debug again. for me it worked like miracle