Visual Studio 2008 - Disable .NET Framework debugging

Question

A rather strange question I know... I was previously using the .NET framework source stepping option (tools>options>debugging>general) within Visual Studio 2008.

Now although I have the option turned off, everytime I pause the debugger I start stepping into code I get taken into the .NET framework which takes an age to step back out of as by that point a lot of symbols have been loaded.

Has anyone else had this problem, and does anyone know how to turn it off?

Answer 1

It sounds like you are debugging the source code from .NET which downloads the appropriate PDB's and source from the web. See this URL for an example:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx

You probably just need to reverse what ScottGu did to turn it on.

Answer 2

Try selecting Enable Just My Code (Managed Only) in the same options menu (ie. Tools -> Options -> Debugging -> General).

This option gets disabled when you enable .Net Framework source stepping.