I'm trying to prevent the console from closing on debug completion. I've already checked the debugging options to make sure this feature is not enabled. It isn't, but the console still closes.

I've heard of a different approach to this problem by to changing my project's Linker subsystem. Apparently, this is done through the project properties under Configuration properties > Linker > System. The trouble is, my project properties window is blank.

This is what my properties window looks like:

This is my file structure:

I've attempted many different fixes, most recently referencing this post: Project Properties Windows Blank in Visual Studio 2022 Community 17.1.0

I've tried every suggested solution, from the practical to the completely asinine. Including, but not limited to:

• Updating Visual Studio
• Closing and reopening the project
• Closing and reopening files
• Closing and reopening tabs
• Closing and reopening Visual Studio
• Trying to toggle between "view code" and "design view", these options seem not to exist
• Opening Visual Studio as admin
• Trying to find and delete the .csproj.user file, which I cannot locate
• Minimizing/maximizing and moving the window
• Cleaning Solution from the Build menu
• Checking for a .cshtml file to exclude, then re-include. No such file.

None of these work, and I cannot find any other answers here, in the Visual Studio documentation, or anywhere else.

Does anyone here have any ideas on how to solve this problem?