title: "The breakpoint will not currently be hit" - and I cannot add the .pdb file
body: <p>I have a solution with one project in Visual Studio <strong>2013 (Visual C++)</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>But when I build it in <code>debug</code> mode, then <strong>run it in <code>debug</code></strong> mode I get:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The breakpoint will not currently be hit.  No symbols have been loaded
    for this document.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I was trying to fix it in analogical way to what people suggested for Visual C# <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2155930/fixing-the-breakpoint-will-not-currently-be-hit-no-symbols-have-been-loaded-fo">Fixing &quot;The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document.&quot;</a></p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, <strong>none</strong> of that worked:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>clean &amp; rebuild solution (also with manually deleted temporary files),</li>
  <li><code>solution -&gt; Properties -&gt; Startup Project -&gt; startup projects -&gt; Start action</code>,</li>
  <li><code>Debug/General settings</code> -> uncheck <code>Just My Code</code>,</li>
  <li>quit VC++, reload, restart PC.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Then I've tried to select the <code>.pdb</code> file (after <code>clear, rebuild</code>) with <code>Debug -&gt; Windows -&gt; Modules</code> and <code>RMB -&gt; Load symbols</code>. <code>v120.pdb</code> was in <code>/Solution/Debug</code> folder and <code>.exe</code> was in <code>/Bin</code> folder. I've chosen it and I got an error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>A matching symbol file was not found in this folder.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><strong>What else can I do?</strong> Which solution/project options may have affected debugging? I build an <code>x86 .exe</code> project that include some of my <code>.lib</code> files (but the debugging doesn't work even in <code>main.cpp</code>).</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <h2>Additional information (some were requested by users in comments):</h2>
  
  <p>I see that under <code>Debug -&gt; Windows -&gt; Modules</code> there is such entry for my <code>.exe</code>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Project.exe   F:...exe   <strong>N/A   N/A Binary was not built with debug information.</strong>      1       12/15/2014 12:31 PM 00BA0000-00E9C000   [3504] Project.exe      </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>That's quite strange because the <code>Solution/Debug</code> folder <strong>is being created each time I hit <code>Rebuild</code></strong> for <code>Debug</code> mode, and so I get new <code>.pdb</code> file also. I am running the application with <code>Debug</code> mode selected.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>The value of <code>Project -&gt; Properties -&gt; C/C++ -&gt; General -&gt; Debug Information Format</code>  is <code>Program Database for Edit And Continue (/ZI)</code>.</p>