Cannot attach process for debugging

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steve02a - 16 Nov 2004 20:40 GMT

When I attempt to attach a running process (w3wp.exe), I guess to a solution
I have open, it won't let me attach it. The error I get is: "Unable to
attach to the process. Access is denied."

I'm trying to get this attached so I can debug in my solution. When I try
to debug, I get the error "Error while trying to run project: unable to start
debugging on web server. The project is not configured to be debugged."
(even though my project IS configured to be debugged.

Any idea's on why I get these errors, can't attach to a proccess for
debugging? Thanks in advance.

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Scott Tuttle - 18 Nov 2004 20:24 GMT

> When I attempt to attach a running process (w3wp.exe), I guess to a
> solution
> I have open, it won't let me attach it. The error I get is: "Unable to
> attach to the process. Access is denied."

Could be a permissions issue. Are you as admin on the machine you are
attempting to debug to? Or maybe you need to be added to the VS Debuggers
group.

> I'm trying to get this attached so I can debug in my solution. When I try
> to debug, I get the error "Error while trying to run project: unable to
> start
> debugging on web server. The project is not configured to be debugged."
> (even though my project IS configured to be debugged.

Well not only does your visual studio need to be set to debug your iis
application needs to be setup as well. Go to IIS manager... properties of
the website or application -> Home directory -> Configuration (Application
Settings) -> Debugging Tab - Enabe server side script debugging and client
side script debugging...

> Any idea's on why I get these errors, can't attach to a proccess for
> debugging? Thanks in advance.

HTH
-Scott

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