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

I my case, it's due to the use of a vshost. I don't clearly understand yet why. It's possibly due to the running platform (a Win7 x64 where I am not - and may not be - administrator) combined with other factors

But I can debug (using F5) if I disable the use of vshost via the "Project Properties > Debug tab > "Enable the Visual Studio hosting process".