Unable to debug managed code using visual studio 2013 ("Cannot evaluate expression" error - am using debug build) (Note that VS 2012 works)

If you are facing the same issue, please look at http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2013/Nov/21/Visual-Studio-2013-Could-not-evaluate-Expression-Debugger-Abnormality for details.

Here is the answer which solved for me:

I have set the flag "use managed compatibility mode" in Tools | Options | Debugger | General.

For details, take a look at the link as he explained it nicely as a story :)

Am happy it worked, otherwise I just had to load project in vs 2k12 just to debug it which is annoying.

EDIT on 12th June 2014

I have updated my dev environments with visual studio 2013 update 2 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42666) (as per Maria's suggestion below) and removed "using managed compatibility mode". I will be testing my apps (ps cmdlets, gui, services) and update you in couple of weeks if the debugger is ok for me.

EDIT on 26th June 2014

I have tested my apps and luckily for me everything is working nicely :). Even the debugger is doing pretty good job with new async/await model. So, see if you can upgrade to 'update 2' - hopefully this works in your environment too?. Thanks to Maria and debugger's team!

Regards.

I deleted all my breakpoints and then it started working, with Visual Studio 2013 Update 1. This was one of the suggestions from the blog post mentioned by Dreamer.

We have released a fix for the issue you are describing in Update 2 CTP 2 of Visual Studio -
Please let me know if that doesn't resolve your issue!

Thanks!Maria - Visual Studio Debugger