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Asked: 2026-05-25T05:57:14+00:00

This is part of my Main method: [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { #if

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This is part of my Main method:

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
   #if !DEBUG
   try
   {
   #endif
   ApartmentState aps = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState();
   //System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
   MessageBox.Show(aps.ToString());

The message shows MTA. Any idea why or where should I start investigating?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Were you just curious, or was it causing some other issue? Usually it’s only a problem if you are trying to do some types of COM interaction in your main method. Windows will still run in the appropriate ApartmentState.

    I haven’t checked lately, but it used to be that regardless of the attribute, Visual Studio forced MTA. Did you try to run your application from outside of Visual Studio?

    If it is only a problem in the debugger, uncheck “Enable the Visual Studio hosting process” under the Debug section of your project’s properties.

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