title: Visual Studio stuck at "build must be stopped before the solution can be closed"
body: <p>When the Visual Basic compiler (Vbc.exe) crashes, Visual Studio fails to detect this and becomes stuck in an inoperable state. The "Build" menu appears as it would if the solution were building, but the Cancel Build (Ctrl+Break) menu item has no effect. Trying to close the application or the solution gives the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The build must be stopped before the solution can be closed.</p>
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  <p>I can't find any way to remedy this short of terminating the devenv.exe process and restarting Visual Studio completely. Is there anything quicker and less severe?</p>
  
  <p>(Microsoft claims to have <a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/95538/cancel-build-doesnt-work">fixed this bug</a> in 2005, but I'm experiencing it with VS2008.)</p>