Edit and Continue Error Message Dialog Box
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This dialog box appears when you are debugging in a language that supports Edit and Continue, but Edit and Continue is not available for the type of code changes you have made. The error message inside the box provides a more detailed explanation. Possible reasons for seeing this dialog box include:
You tried to edit managed code when unmanaged debugging was enabled. Edit and Continue does not work with mixed-mode debugging.
You tried to edit SQL Server code.
You tried to edit code while debugging a Dr. Watson dump.
You tried to edit code after an unhandled exception occurred and the option "Unwind the call stack on unhandled exceptions" was not selected.
You tried to edit code while debugging an embedded runtime application.
You tried to edit code in a program that you attached to rather than starting from the Debug menu.
You tried to edit optimized code.
You tried to edit managed code when the target is a 64-bit application. If you want to use Edit and Continue, you must set the target to x86. (Project Properties, Compile tab, Advanced Compiler setting.).
You tried to edit code in an assembly that was modified during debugging and has been reloaded.
You tried to edit code in an assembly that has not been loaded.
You started debugging an old version of your application (since the new version has build errors).
You tried to edit code while it was running.
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Exit the dialog box and cancel the immediately preceding edit attempt.