# Edit & Continue doesn't work on MSVC?

**URL:** <https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/edit-continue-doesnt-work-on-msvc/184>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [8 August 2020 21:49 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/edit-continue-doesnt-work-on-msvc/184 "2020-08-08T21:49:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [8 August 2020 21:49 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/edit-continue-doesnt-work-on-msvc/184/1 "2020-08-08T21:49:19Z")

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Does anyone know why **Edit & Continue** doesn’t work on MSVC, even though the correct database option is selected (/ZI) and I’ve enabled incremental linking (/INCREMENTAL)?

This usually works, but when I make any code changes during a debug session in iPlug2 projects, it won’t apply them with

_"Edit and Continue : error : ‘[filename]’ in ‘[project name]’ was not compiled with Edit and Continue enabled. Ensure that the file is compiled with the Program Database for Edit and Continue (/ZI) option._

It definitely is - unless the iPlug2 build system overrides this somewhere?

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**Post date:** [8 August 2020 22:02 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/edit-continue-doesnt-work-on-msvc/184/2 "2020-08-08T22:02:06Z")

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Ah, I’m using VC2017, but the Platform Toolset was set to VC2015. Seems this breaks E & C, but without any (correct) warnings. Changing to 2017 fixed it.