visual studio attach to process not working

Question

I am trying to debug my production website using the code on my local system. I am using VS2010, and tried all sorts of things still didn't work. I tried using VS Development Server, and tried using IIS still didn't work. When I attach the process debugger starts but break points were not hitting. I tried attaching process to W3wp process, and tried attaching it to IE also. Still its not hitting break points. Any idea whats causing this. Thanks

Answer 1

What you want to do is called "Remote Debugging".

Here is an MSDN link to get you started: MSDN

Answer 2

Try clearing the settings of Visual Studio Tools->Import and Export Settings Wizard->Reset all settings->No…->next and set it

One more option, which worked for me is to open the VS in Safe Mode. It will 100% work: Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to \\Common7\\IDE; Devenv /SafeMode: Launches the IDE in safe mode loading minimal windows.