VS2010 does not show unhandled exception message in a WinForms Application on a 64-bit version of Windows?

This is a nasty problem induced by the Windows wow64 emulation layer that allows 32-bit code to run on the 64-bit version of Windows. It swallows exceptions in the code that triggers the Load event. Preventing the debugger from seeing it and stepping in.

This is apparently hard to fix, the Windows and DevDiv groups at Microsoft are pointing fingers back and forth. DevDiv can't do anything about it, Windows thinks it is the correct behavior, mysteriously as that sounds. It is only a problem with a debugger attached, your code will bomb as usual without one.

In my experience, I only see this issue when I'm running with a debugger attached. The application behaves the same when run standalone: the exception is not swallowed.

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