Can't enter break mode at this time

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Break mode is the state in which a program is still running, but its activity is suspended. This error has the following cause and solution:

  • You tried to enter break mode, for example, by pressing CTRL+BREAK, pressing the Break button on the Standard toolbar or the Debug toolbar, or by executing a breakpoint in the running code.

    A change was made programmatically to the project using the extensibility (add-in) object model. This prevents the program from having execution suspended. You can continue running, or end execution, but can't suspend execution.

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