Linker Options that Disable Edit and Continue
Visual Studio 2010
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The following linker options disable Edit and Continue:
Setting /OPT:REF, /OPT:ICF, or /INCREMENTAL:NO disables Edit and Continue with the following warning:
LINK : warning LNK4075: ignoring /EDITANDCONTINUE due to /OPT
specification
Setting /ORDER, /RELEASE, or /FORCE disables Edit and Continue with this warning:
LINK : warning LNK4075: ignoring /INCREMENTAL due to /option
specification
Setting any option that prevents the creation of a program database (.pdb) file disables Edit and Continue with no specific warning.

