Index: include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
===================================================================
--- include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
+++ include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
                    ///launched or attached to anything yet
   eStateAttaching, ///< Process is currently trying to attach
   eStateLaunching, ///< Process is in the process of launching
+  // The state changes eStateAttaching and eStateLaunching are both sent while the
+  // private state thread is either not yet started or paused. For that reason, they
+  // should only be signaled as public state changes, and not private state changes.
   eStateStopped,   ///< Process or thread is stopped and can be examined.
   eStateRunning,   ///< Process or thread is running and can't be examined.
   eStateStepping,  ///< Process or thread is in the process of stepping and can
Index: source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@
   bool stop_at_entry = launch_info.GetFlags().Test(eLaunchFlagStopAtEntry);
   m_session_data.reset(new ProcessWindowsData(stop_at_entry));
 
-  SetPrivateState(eStateLaunching);
   DebugDelegateSP delegate(new LocalDebugDelegate(shared_from_this()));
   m_session_data->m_debugger.reset(new DebuggerThread(delegate));
   DebuggerThreadSP debugger = m_session_data->m_debugger;
Index: source/Target/Process.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Target/Process.cpp
+++ source/Target/Process.cpp
@@ -2688,8 +2688,7 @@
 Process::WaitForProcessStopPrivate(EventSP &event_sp,
                                    const Timeout<std::micro> &timeout) {
   StateType state;
-  // Now wait for the process to launch and return control to us, and then call
-  // DidLaunch:
+
   while (true) {
     event_sp.reset();
     state = GetStateChangedEventsPrivate(event_sp, timeout);
@@ -2767,6 +2766,9 @@
           }
         } else {
           EventSP event_sp;
+
+          // Now wait for the process to launch and return control to us, and then call
+          // DidLaunch:
           StateType state = WaitForProcessStopPrivate(event_sp, seconds(10));
 
           if (state == eStateInvalid || !event_sp) {