Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks

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In Tools–Options–Debugging–General, there’s the option Break All Processes When One Process Breaks.

Let’s say you are debugging multiple projects, and you want to configure what happens when one process breaks.

For example, let’s say Sara has two console applications running in an infinite loop. On the second console application, she breaks the process. If she has checked the Break All Processes When One Process Breaks check box, the first console application will break also.

And, of course, you can uncheck this option to have the first console application keep going.