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How to: Break a ProcessĀ 

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With the Processes window, you can break the execution of any attached process using the following procedure. Once the process is in break mode, you can later choose to continue the process or terminate the process. For more information, see How to: Break Execution, How to: Continue a Process, and How to: Terminate a Process.

To break a process

  • In the Processes window, right-click the name of the process you want to detach, and on the shortcut menu, click Break Process.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Terminate a Process
How to: Detach a Process
How to: Continue a Process
How to: Use the Processes Window

Concepts

Execution Control

Other Resources

Attaching to Running Processes