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Visual C++ debugger crashes on breakpoint and you receive a MSDev.exe application error

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Article ID:217437
Last Review:September 2, 2005
Revision:4.0
This article was previously published under Q217437

SYMPTOMS

If you set a breakpoint, the debugger might crash with the following MSDev.exe application error when the application hits the breakpoint:
The instruction at "0x52522680" referenced memory at "0x02010019". The memory could not be "read".
The crash usually happens when the Auto or Watch debug windows are open.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, close the Auto debug window before you hit the breakpoint. In some circumstances you might have to close the Watch debug window too.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

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REFERENCES

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194022 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194022/) Visual Studio 6.0 service packs, what, where, why
194295 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194295/) How to tell that Visual Studio 6.0 service packs are installed

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition 6.0

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kbbug kbfix kbide kbdebug kbvs600sp3fix KB217437

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