Debugger not breaking/stopping for exceptions in async method
Under the Debug menu, select Exceptions…. In the Exceptions dialog, next to the Common Language Runtime Exceptions line check the Thrown box.
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Visual Studio: Debugging a referenced DLL, I have source in another SLN
Rebuild the second solution in Debug mode on your own machine (so that file paths in that PDB are specific to your machine). Copy both the .DLL and .PDB files to your references folder. Visual Studio will pick up the .PDB file automatically and use the file paths to show source. You can also use … Read more
Error: You are debugging a Release build of X.dll
Disable this option under Debug->Options->Suppress JIT optimization on module load (Managed only). A connect report submitted before: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/2116788/flag-optimize-is-passed-to-the-debugger-even-while-the-build-settings-optimize-code-is-not-enabled-on-mvc-c-web-projects-when-using-just-my-code. Please also make sure that all projects are in debug mode, Optimize code was unchecked like this case: VS2015 Project no longer runs in debug mode
Connecting to Visual Studio debugging IIS Express server over the lan
Update I made a video that better describes the process, https://youtu.be/5ZqDuvTqQVs If you are using Visual Studio 2013 or above, make sure you run it as an administrator for this to work. Open the %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config (in VS2015 it may be $(solutionDir)\.vs\config\applicationhost.config) file. Inside you should see something like this: <site name=”WebSite1″ id=”1″ serverAutoStart=”true”> <application … Read more
Unable to start debugging on the web server. Could not start ASP.NET debugging VS 2010, II7, Win 7 x64
Try going to IIS and checking to make sure the App Pool you are using is started. A lot of times, you will produce an error that shuts down the app pool. You just need to right click and Start and you should be good to go.
Visual Studio breakpoints not being hit
Solved. Ended up being an incorrect configuration selected in the debug menu. I had mistakenly switched it to a release configuration that could not load the symbols for the document. Switched it to a debug configuration and the breakpoints hit just fine now. To add on to what Abacus mentioned below, it could also be … Read more
Get “Internal error in the expression evaluator” on “Add watch” function when trying to debug WCF service code (MSVS 2013)
This might be a bug in the new (managed) debug engine that ships with Visual Studio 2013. Try turning on Managed Compatibility Mode (which effectively turns it into pre-2013 debug engine), located under Tools – Options – Debugging: If this solves the issue, then I’d suggest trying to reproduce it with a small project, and … Read more
How do I start a program with arguments when debugging?
Go to Project-><Projectname> Properties. Then, click on the Debug tab. Then: If you’re using Visual Studio 2022 Continue by clicking Open debug launch profiles UI. Fill in your arguments in the textbox labeled Command line arguments. If you’re using a version before Visual Studio 2022 The Command Line Arguments textbox is available on the Debug … Read more
Visual Studio during Debugging: The function evaluation requires all threads to run
From the msdn forum: This isn’t an error in and of itself, but more of a feature of your debugger. Some properties require code to be executed in order for the property to be read, but if this requires cross-thread interaction, then other threads may have to run as well. The debugger doesn’t do this … Read more
The Following Module was built either with optimizations enabled or without debug information
Try disabling “Enable Just My Code” in Tools/Options/Debugging/Options.