Thanks, I've never done that but I'll give it a try. I'm using VS express, hopefully it's not defeatured too much...
I think I'm going back to IAR also. My workaround is to compile with IAR, load with Smart RF Flash Programmer. I just noticed though, even if I don't debug, IAR crashes if I try to change projects. It rebuilds over and over just fine, only changing projects makes it crash. Maybe something similar in the stop debugging (file access protection for Win 8 ??)
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