Disable VS' "downloading public symbols"

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lance picture lance · Sep 28, 2010 · Viewed 38.2k times · Source

When I debug my ASP.NET webapp in VS2010, a dialog appears with the title "Downloading public symbols".

How do I instruct Visual Studio not to attempt this?

Answer

AareP picture AareP · Mar 1, 2011

Disable "Enable .net framework source stepping" in Tools → Options → Debugging settings.

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