Can't start VS 2019 with Pro Tools Enabled

[ssg-randy-knight]

So I was playing with the debugger options in Pro Tools for Visual Studio. Now when I start Visual Studio I get a PowerShell window which says VERBOSE: Waiting for debugger to attach. And VS 2019 is in the “Visual Studio is Busy” state (as if a modal dialog was open).

So I can’t very well go change the settings back to how they were. All I can do is open VS in SafeMode and uninstall Pro Tools. But reinstalling it brings the problem back. So I guess my real question is how do I “reset” all the pro tools options as if it were a new install?

[adam]

That’s no good. I’d be really curious as to which setting your switched that caused this problem.

One easy way to reset it is to use the Settings Store Explorer.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PaulHarrington.SettingsStoreExplorer

Disable\Uninstall PoshTools and then pop the Settings Store Explorer open and delete the PowerShellTools.Options.GeneralOptions node.

[ssg-randy-knight]

That did it. SettingsExplorer is a useful tool.

If I were to guess I’d say it was the combination of these two items set to True. Not going to try it againg to see though.

[adam]

Not blaming you! I’ll look into it. Glad that the settings explorer was able to get you back in a running state.