breakpoints not working in visual studio ? solution and quick fix

Are you getting the warning "The break point will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document." recently all of a sudden breakpoints stopped working in my project on vs IDE the breakpoints became hollow circle with a warning message inside though i had this problem previously on both VS 2008 and Vs 2005 i always forgot the solution on how i fixed it so this time i thought of logging it in my blog for future reference ;) below are few points that comes handy when you break points stop working on vs


--> First of all check whether you are running on debug or release mode if you are running on release mode change it to debug, if it is in debug try next step.

--> Go to Debug-->Windows-->Modules check whether all the project dll's have symbol status if it says cannot find or open pdb file right click on module select load symbols and browse to the path of your application PDB,if it says says symbol Loaded then try next point.

--> Exit your IDE and delete bin and obj folder go to visual studio command line and run "devenv /resetsettings" NOTE: running this command will reset all your visual studio settings to default so think before running it and use at your own risk.

--> If you are using web development then Clear temproary output folders the path looks something like below

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\{framework version}\Temporary ASP.NET Files\{some name}\{some numbers}\{some numbers}

--> if your are Windows developer like me and all the above tips fails try deleting the emulator images actually this worked for me go to below path and delete the emulator images as shown in below pic

C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Application Data\Microsoft\Device Emulator


though just deleting the image emulator worked for me there are wide array of reasons why the break points never hits and depends on type or projects and applications being developed if your problem was different and you fixed it and if it is not in the above points do share with us by leaving a comment here.

not able uninstall bitdefender antivirus ?

one of the most common problem bitdefender user face is uninstalling the bitdefender internet security suite is some times daunting task, this is most common trouble shoot people are facing from past many releases no doubt bit defender is one of the antivirus i trust along with kaspersky and nod32 but the uninstallation process is the only negative remark on it.

recently when my kaspersky licence expired i installed bitdefender internet security suite trial version for time being but when i tried to uninstall the same it didn't work the computer just freezed and setup did not end just went into something like infinite loop here is the simple way on how to uninstall if the conventional methods such as removal through add/remove program and setup fails.

--> first of all download the Bitdefender removal tool from the Bit defender website
32 bit bitdefender uninstalltion tool
64 bit bitdefender uninstalltion tool

--> Click on the the removal tool, wait for the un-installation procedure to end successfully once done restart the system

Now this should 100% remove the application from your system most of the time this should do the task, if even this does not work download the third party uninstaller such as revo uninstaller uninstall the application if everything fails contact bitdefender support for further assistance.

What does Poke on facebook mean ?

recently while browsing friends profile on facebook my eyes fell on the link poke ( poking ) below the picture of my friend without second thought i clicked on the "Poke myfriendname" link then i thought what i have done i just clicked something without knowing what it does then i started searching on the net what the "Poke" really mean and does on facebook.

A Poke is just something like attention seeker just like saying hello or letting him know that you are there and thinking about them, so that you can get their attention without notifying or having to write it on the wall so that others can view it, it can also be considered as online social flirting because no one else can see the poke.



I also heard on the various internet discussion forum that poking some one on facebook lets us view others profile for a week, though i did not see this feature on any non friends facebook i think this might be the older feature what ever it is recently one of my friend say he had poking war with his GF ;) so guys happy poking and still if poking has different meaning you know share with us.