Can't start debugger in VS2012 RC
Configuration:
- Windows 7, 64 bit
- Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 RC Version 11.0.50522.1 RCREL
- Running VS in administrator mode
- The VS solution contains a web application, with target: .NET Framework 4.
When I press F5, the solution builds... and nothing else happens.
- Happens with both IIS or the VS Dev Server.
- Happens with Platform Target of "Any CPU" or "x86"
If instead, I use the Debug / Attach to Process... menu, after a few seconds, I get:
- "Debugger is Busy" - Debugger is performing a remote operation that is taking longer than expected. This dialog stay until I click "Terminate" and confirm it.
- Then this dialog appears: "Microsoft Visual Studio" "Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor named [COMPUTER NAME]. The network connection to the Visual Studio Remote Debugger has been closed."
- After clicking OK, the 'normal' "Attach to Process" window finally shows up. In it, the list of "Available Processes" is empty.
Any suggestions or clues?
The main points that I wonder about:
- Why is the list of processes empty? It is not surprising that the debugger does not work if it cannot see any processes.
- Why is it trying to do "remote" debugging, when it is just accessing the local computer?
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Answer
I had the same problem in VS 2012 (not the RC, but the final release) using a VS 2010 project. It would build fine, but the debugger would not start. So, I modified the solution file:
Changed "Format Verion 11.00" to "Format Verion 12.00" And changed "# Visual Studio 2010" to "# Visual Studio 2012"
It's a workaround for now until my company upgrades its projects to VS 2012.