Visual Studio 2010 debug not starting, F5 or click on “Play” not working, not doing anything. Waiting 2-3 minutes solves the issue

Question

I have a relatively simple C# (Framework 4) console application. When I click the \"Play\" icon or hit F5 (i.e. start the program in debug mode), the icon becomes gra

Answer 1

This issue can also occur if you disable "Application Experience" service in Windows, as many system optimization sites suggest.

The service can be re-enabled using msconfig or services.msc, this completely solved the issue for me.