Attach Debugger to IIS instance

c# asp.net visual-studio-2005 debugging
Mihai Lazar picture Mihai Lazar · May 11, 2009 · Viewed 93.2k times · Source

I have IIS 5.1 on a XP machine, and visual studio 2005. How do I go about attaching my debugger to IIS instance.

BTW: I'm not seeing the IIS process within the running processes or probably I don't know what to look for .

Answer

Al W picture Al W · May 11, 2009

In Visual Studio:

  1. Click "Debug" from the menu bar
  2. Click "Attach to Process"
  3. Check the "Show processes from all users" checkbox in the bottom left corner
  4. Select aspnet_wp.exe, w3p.exe, or w3wp.exe from the process list
  5. Click "Attach"

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