When running WPF test which launches dialog window and you pause the recording and run particular step, the recording gets enabled again. Also when the recording on the main window is paused and a dialog window is launched the recorder gets enabled as well. I am providing two short video demonstrations below: http://screencast.com/t/aEMiL2UM and http://screencast.com/t/E7VHi5R0t0 Use the attached project and sample WPF application in the internal description for repro