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title: "Run a Trace After It Has Been Paused or Stopped (SQL Server Profiler) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Run a Trace After It Has Been Paused or Stopped (SQL Server Profiler)
  This topic describes how to start a trace again after it has been paused or stopped by using [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)].  
  
### To run a trace after it has been paused or stopped  
  
1.  Select the window that contains the stopped or paused trace.  
  
2.  On the **File** menu, click **Run Trace**.  
  
## See Also  
 [SQL Server Profiler](sql-server-profiler.md)   
 [Start a Trace](start-a-trace.md)