Have you tried to remove all listeners?
Trace.Listeners.Clear()

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Éric Moreau, MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
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> When running my application in debug mode in visual studio, all my
> OutputDebugString messages get logged
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> reganesh