How to: Enable or Disable Breakpoints

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In a source, Disassembly, or Call Stack window, breakpoints appear as red symbols called glyphs in the left margin (see Using Breakpoints and Tracepoints for glyph descriptions). The glyphs also appear in the Breakpoints window.

To enable or disable a single breakpoint

  • In a source, Disassembly, or Call Stack window, right-click a line that contains a breakpoint glyph, point to Breakpoint, then click Enable Breakpoint or Disable Breakpoint.

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    In the Breakpoints window, select or clear the check box next to the breakpoint.

To enable or disable all breakpoints

  • From the Debug menu, click Enable All Breakpoints.

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Breakpoints and Tracepoints

How to: Disable All Breakpoints

How to: Enable All Breakpoints