I use the following to insert pauses into console apps when they are vs hosted. In fact it's the final lines in my standard template for a console app to ensure that the console stays visible until I dismiss it.
if (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName.EndsWith("vshost.exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) {
Console.WriteLine("Press a key to continue...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
Alan.
