Visual Studio website debugger stops running when you click a file link
Date Added: 3/21/2023

Problem:
When I click around the links on my website running in Visual Studio's debugger, everything works fine.  But, when I click a certain link that has a FileResult, I'm not able to click any more links because the debugger has stopped itself.  No errors or apparent reason.

Reason:
I guess either the browser or Visual Studio has a bug that makes VS think that the browser has closed when the File Save dialog box pops up, which signals VS to stop the debugging session.

Workaround:
Disable the setting that lets VS close the browser when you press Stop Debugging, or lets VS stop debugging when it detects the browser has closed.
Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Web Projects > Stop Debugger when browser window is closed

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