How to set breakpoint at the very beginning of program execution

Question

How can I stop the program before loading any of the linked DLLs?

I\'ve tried to set LoadLibraryExW function in the Break At Function debug

Answer 1

One way to break very early on is to manually add a Function Breakpoint on LdrInitializeThunk. This does not break before ntdll, but should be before any static initalization or user code