Start without debugging button missing in Visual Studio 2010?

Question

Hi,
I cannot find the Start Without debugging option under Debug menu in Visual Studio 2010, visual basic settings. Is this feature removed??
I've tried adding it from Tools->Customize->Commands, but the button/command is not to be found there either.

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Mcad

Answer 1

Hi Mcad,

Thank you for your post.

I've changed my development environment to Visual Basic as default via Tools menu >> Import and Export Settings >> Reset all settings.
Then I could reproduce the same scenario as you mentioned in the following screen shot:


When I changed it back to Visual C# IDE, I could find Start Without debugging option. Thus, it seems that this option is not available by default in Visual Basic IDE. To invoke this feature, we could press "Ctrl + F5" or change the IDE from Visual Basic to C#.

BTW, this forum is for the support of Visual Studio RTM installation. Since your issue is related to VS2010 Beta, you could post your thread on Visual Studio 2010 Install and Setup forum. This will make answer searching in the forum easier and be beneficial to other community members as well.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 2

Thanx,
Reproduced your findings at my machine. Still baffled why it doesnt appear in VB settings - will post in correct forum. Thanx :)

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Mcad

Answer 3

Hi Mcad,

It's my pleasure!

Have a great week.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 4

I had a similar with  C#  problem and I found the following solution: In the "Tools/Settings" Menu I checked the "Expert Settings" and the Start Without Debugging showed up again

 

 

 

Answer 5

This is very frustrating in VS 2010 and quite poor that start without debugger button is not available. Apparently if you upgrade from VS2005 this button is available, if its a fresh install it is not anywhere. Here is the solution.

Tools >> Customize. Than command tab and select toolbar. Select build toolbar. NOW select 'Add Command' button. This brings another list of all commands which contain everything. Go into 'Debug' in the catagories lilst on left side and you will find the 'start without debugger'. Add that to the toolbar (built toolbar). Make sure you hae 'build' toolbar turn on in the IDE and it will be added to it.

Answer 6

Thanks uml, you have been very helpful.

Answer 7

Marcos has the correct answer. The default is 'basic settings' which does not include the CTRL + F5 option to start without debugging. Change your settings to Expert to correct this.