Log info for unhandled exception during Azure initialization?

Question

I have deployed a site into Azure using VS 2010's Publish function. After VS says the deployment succeeds, I go to the old Azure dashboard and For the status it cycles through a few different status' (Initializing, Recovering, Recycling, etc) but all of them have Unhandled Exception at the end. I've seen a few other posts about this type of error but unfortunately they havent resolved the issue for me so now I just want to see the exception.

How do I see what the exception was?

Answer 1

You should activate Remote Desktop. Even though it's cycling, if you try to connect a few times you'll be able to connect.

Once you are connected, simply do the following:

1. Start
2. Run
3. eventvwr.exe
4. Choose the Application log

Then you'll see the error (might even be a warning), and you'll be able to see what's going on. Most of the time this is simply caused by a missing assembly.