Unable to start debugging on the server....

Ever seen this error when debugging a web app in the VS.NET IDE:

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. You do not have permissions to debug. Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the sever.

Well, search the net and you'll get 100s of hits talking about .NET debugging options, IIS configurations, permissions, admin access, etc.... In my case everything checked out and still no luck. Well here's another cause of this error: adding http://localhost to your Trusted Sites list.... Yup that's right. Sounds simple, but that's what did it in my case....

-A

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Cool, thanks. You just saved me a few hours of frustration. Also just for clarification, "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone" must also be unchecked in Tools>Internet Options>Security>Trusted Sites>Sites.
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That thingy Worked in my case to...
Thanks
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You're a good man Charlie Brown... I just spent an hour+ trying to resolve this issue. Two minutes after reading this, I was a debugging fool...
Left by RG on May 21, 2004 11:36 AM

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I´ve got a similar error...
"Unable to start debugging on the web server. THE PROJECT IS NOT CONFIGURED TO BE DEBUGGED."

What can u tell me about this one ?! I can´t solve it...

Thanks
Left by Cristiano on Jun 29, 2004 5:11 PM

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Here is an excellent resource for finding debugger problems:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/learn/whitepapers/howtosolvedebuggerproblems.doc
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Also just for clarification, "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone" must also be unchecked in Tools>Internet Options>Security>Trusted Sites>Sites.


Thank you, Thank You........
Left by Frustrated No More on Jul 28, 2004 2:31 PM

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Thanks Andy. The whitepaper solved my problem... The IIS must also be configured to provide "Integrated Windows Authentication"
Left by Harish M on Aug 04, 2004 4:05 AM

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You helped us too! Thanks much.
Left by Carla Briceno on Aug 05, 2004 1:00 PM

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Thanks Andy, I've been unable to debug locally for over a year and thanks to you I can now. I've looked for answers on the internet and from Microsoft, but until now had found no solutions that worked.
Left by JPH on Aug 20, 2004 12:47 PM

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Hi,
I get a similar error : "Unable to start debugging on the web server. THE PROJECT IS NOT CONFIGURED TO BE DEBUGGED."
I have
- set debug="true" in web.config
- set Integrated Windows Authentication in IIS
- set project properties to enable ASP.NET debugging to true
- added localhost and 127.0.0.1 to my intranet sites

I can debug one of my older projects but not the new one. The only difference between the 2 is that I had changed my computer name. But even then, I am able to debug my old project now also..

Any ideas anyone.. help please!

Hiral
Left by Hiral on Sep 03, 2004 7:50 AM

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I have been having the Unable to start debugging... problem for weeks but only one some applications and not others.

In my case, I needed to add http://<machine_name> to the trusted sites list.
Left by Mike on Nov 23, 2004 7:26 AM

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Thanks ALL!
This helped steer me in the right direction.
I was getting the:
"Unable to start debugging on the server. You do not have permission to debug the server." error...

Fixed by resetting my browser security settings to default values. Not sure which setting in there caused the problem.

I'm sure I did it though, cause I had been debugging just fine for week and then .. BAM!
Left by Brad on Nov 23, 2004 9:05 AM

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I added my remote dev site (http://some.devsite.com) and it worked!

You are the man!
Left by michael on Nov 23, 2004 1:27 PM

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This is an excellent blog - thanks!
Left by another andy on Nov 24, 2004 10:54 AM

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Reading all of this reminded me to check whether the debug settings in the project property pages were set to true (for classic asp the default setting is false)
Left by Patrick on Nov 26, 2004 2:33 AM

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Thanks ALL!
This helped steer me in the right direction.
I was getting the:
"Unable to start debugging on the server. You do not have permission to debug the server." error...

Fixed by resetting my browser security settings to default values (Internet,local intranet, trusted sites and restricted sites).
Dont know which setting did the solution.

Now its working fine.

Thanks to all
Left by MGB on Dec 06, 2004 12:43 AM

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Hello,
My problem was also fixed by reseting the IE security settings.

Thank you very much indeed!
Left by Mohammadreza Goodarzi on Dec 09, 2004 11:46 AM

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thank you thank you, this really really work
Left by bolivar soriano on Dec 10, 2004 9:25 AM

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Hi Andy,
This document http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/learn/whitepapers/howtosolvedebuggerproblems.doc gave the solutio for the problem.

Please follow points in that document, that solve.

Thanks Andy.
Left by Nagaraj on Dec 25, 2004 2:10 AM

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Thanks. I spent an 1.5 hours in a non-systematic approach to troubleshooting with no luck whatsoever. Then I uninstalled the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration and everything worked fine after that. I hate that application!
Left by TMK on Dec 27, 2004 6:08 PM

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Try adding the site 127.0.0.1 to your site list under Privacy. Click Tools, internet options privacy, sites, type in 127.0.0.1 in the box and click allow. Click OK and OK.
Left by Vinny on Jan 09, 2005 6:06 PM

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Whenever i am trying to debug in VS.NET IDE i am getting the message saying that "Unable to start debugging on the web server. System call failed"
Left by Nice on Jan 10, 2005 2:30 AM

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hello all,

The Document is truly a worthyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy one.. I was pissed off for ages ..but the first answer (case 2) solved it...thanks a lotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Left by Karunya on Jan 12, 2005 6:16 PM

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One of my project works, but the other one couldn't be debugged, any help, ideas?? Thanks
Left by sthambir on Jan 14, 2005 12:31 AM

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It's a bad news. I try all you say but it still do'nt work, I do'nt what happen?? why me?
Left by peter on Jan 17, 2005 5:25 PM

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Andy sent a link to a doc that saved my life!!!
I've tried almost everything and still wasn't able to debug. But, “Enable HTTP Keep Alives” option of IIS, simply worked out for me!!! Check that out too...

Thank you all for the help!

Left by Rafael Miranda on Jan 19, 2005 9:05 PM

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GOD LOVE YOUR COTTON SOCKS!!!!!!!!
Left by Frustrated ASP.NET user. on Jan 20, 2005 4:38 PM

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Thanks all for putting me on the right track, unfortunatly still could not get debug to work for 127.0.0.1 - even after setting it as a local or trusted site in i.e. and checking all the IIS settings.

However this work-around from Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;319842 did work ( beware of the security implications of this setting in i.e. - I would set it back after you have done your debugging)
Left by Les Romans on Jan 26, 2005 11:58 AM

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You saved me!!!!
Left by John on Feb 03, 2005 7:11 PM

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The work-around from Microsoft worked for me.
I have no clue why the problem arose on this project and not on previous projects.
Left by Mick on Feb 06, 2005 11:12 PM

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haha! can believe it was that
Left by Robert on Feb 09, 2005 8:42 PM

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guys your are gr88!! saved me ton of my time.

Thank You
Left by Anjani BAnsal on Feb 10, 2005 6:43 AM

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Worked for me.
Had to add http://localhost to the Trusted list, then reset IIS (ran iisreset).
Then debugging worked.
I noticed that I was able to then remove the newly added entry from Trusted list, and debugging still worked. Maybe it will stop after rebooting...
Left by Ranen on Feb 15, 2005 8:11 AM

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...and...
Thanks a lot!
Left by Ranen on Feb 15, 2005 8:11 AM

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Buena loco...funciono...In english...Well Done dude...This works!!!!
Left by Guille on Feb 15, 2005 9:53 AM

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Thanks a lot!
Left by Aliaksandr on Feb 23, 2005 2:22 AM

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Many thanks - this worked and saved me hours of frustration after the numerous 'checklists' on the web I've been through. But...I am still concerned, since this error only suddenly appeared over this last week on projects that I had been debugging for weeks. Anyone know if this could be caused by another Microsoft dropping another 'update' clanger?
Left by Ian Wildman on Feb 25, 2005 1:22 AM

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Thanks. I wish I would have read your advice two hours ago!!!
Left by Patrick on Mar 03, 2005 7:22 PM

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Hey,

Thank you very much. It has solved my problem.

Thanks,
Falgun
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Thanks, Really it was very useful and it saved
a lot of time.Really i was cluttered with so many options and none worked out.and this article was the rescue.thanks a lot
Left by naveenk on Mar 08, 2005 11:56 PM

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I still have this problem, the message is:
"Error while trying to run project:Unable to start debugging on the server. Interfaz no compatible". In english "Interfaz no compatible" = "Not valid interface" (more or less). I've tested everything you have written here and also everything I have readen on another pages and nothing works. Please!!! I need help.

Thank you.
Left by Daviz on Mar 09, 2005 12:57 AM

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i get this message...
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. You do not have permissions to debug. Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the sever.
i am in the debugger users group i read the whitepaper bit about that error, already did that added the //localhost to the trused sites and i am still not able to debug... the pages do however run on the server i just can't debug and being that i am not perfect i need to debug...
Left by BillyZ on Mar 10, 2005 9:15 AM

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This site helped me fix the problem in 1 minute - Brilliant!!!

www.cryer.co.uk/brian/mswinswdev/ ms_vbnet_unable_start_debugging.htm
Left by Steve on Mar 10, 2005 10:56 PM

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I was getting:
"Unable to start debugging on the web server. THE PROJECT IS NOT CONFIGURED TO BE DEBUGGED."

and this link has the solution:

http://www.prezzatech.com/kb/articles/kb-1020-unable_to_start_debuggin_on_web_server.asp

...finally!!!!
Left by Rob on Mar 11, 2005 9:55 AM

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This is some link that works for me.

Hope it will be helpful.

Cheers
Left by Shine on Mar 17, 2005 10:34 AM

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Well done!

Thanks a lot!
Left by Eric on Mar 22, 2005 7:54 PM

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Thanks a lot. You have been a savior. Adding http://localhost to trusted sited did the trick.
Left by srinivas on Mar 30, 2005 2:25 PM

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After installing SP1 on Windows Server 2003 debugging would no longer work over a UNC - even though everything was trusted in IE, .Net Configuration, etc.

After several hours and much google it turns out to be that I didn't have a default DNS suffix associated with my machine name. (Don't have AD installed either.) Anyone else seen this?

Ug.
Left by formsNurd on Mar 31, 2005 4:06 PM

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i've experienced the same error after installing SP1 for windows server 2003.

can you explain me how you solved this problem ?
Left by ice on Apr 08, 2005 1:00 AM

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I too am having this problem, although it will work the first and sometimes second F5 after a machine restart! Please help!
Left by Paul on Apr 08, 2005 4:29 AM

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Just to add some further information:

The url I use is http://webproject which is addressed via a hosts file entry. Also it was working fine pre SP1 and the permissions etc have not changed. the site http://webproject is a member of the intranet zone which has it default permission level.
Left by Paul on Apr 08, 2005 4:34 AM

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Cool Bro.... Thanks gr8...
Left by Muhammad Taufiq Yusuf on Apr 15, 2005 8:57 AM

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What a relief at last! I spent hours on that and it was that simple. Thanks!
Left by Christos on Apr 18, 2005 5:10 PM

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after weeks searching on google and on msdn i've found the cause of my problem.

loopback check security feature installed with w2003 sp1 but also with wxp sp2


follow this link if you are experiencing this problem after sp installation

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;896861
Left by ice on Apr 19, 2005 5:28 AM

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this help me fix the stuff in no time, thanks for posting it....
Left by abhishek on Apr 19, 2005 10:35 AM

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ice,

You're the MAN! I had a suspicion after installing SP1 on Win2k3, I'd be in a world of hurt with regards to debugging.

Thanks a million for the post! It solved my debugging issues in 5 minutes. (After 2 re-installs!)

Now only if there were a site with solutions for life problems :)
Left by AVETAR on Apr 20, 2005 10:08 AM

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THAT WAS TOO GOOD ANDY....

ITS A SHORT AND SWEET SOLUTION SPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THEIR WEB SERVER INSTALLED ON THEIR OWN M/C
Left by iRFAN PATEL on May 12, 2005 4:05 AM

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Thank you ice this has fixed my problem
Left by Paul on May 13, 2005 6:03 AM

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My new application can be debugged,but old application can not be debugged.I have re-instanlled visual studio.net.
Left by himanshu mehta on May 30, 2005 2:30 AM

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I have got this error
Error while trying to run project: Unable to
start debugging on the web server. You do not have permissions to debug. Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the sever.
I have tried every thing related to internet security,IIS setting and Debuger user .
but i didn't get any solution.



Left by shikha on May 31, 2005 5:44 AM

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You VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY CLEVER guy

THANKS!!!!!!!!
Left by Giles on May 31, 2005 11:39 AM

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I had a very non-descript error, simply stating 'Error: Could not start debugging on web server. Click Help for more information.'

Not very useful, after looking at the word doc a couple of times and getting steadily more frustrated, and so more meticulous I noticed a line that said...

'Case 2: Please check whether “Enable HTTP Keep Alives” option of IIS is checked or not. If it is turned off, you may need to turn it on and try your debugging again.'

This worked a treat but I missed it the first couple of times. Duh!
Left by MattC on Jun 22, 2005 5:49 AM

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a ha ! it work, thank you.
but i would like to know what's wrong from that message.
Left by Ting on Jun 29, 2005 7:29 PM

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ICe,

Thanks man!! That did the trick for fixing:

Error while trying to run project: Unable to
start debugging on the web server. You do not have permissions to debug. Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the sever.
Left by tag on Jun 30, 2005 9:10 AM

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I have got this error:

"Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging. Cannot find port. Check the remote machine name."

although I do not debug on the remote machine...
Left by WiB on Jul 05, 2005 1:31 AM

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WOW IT WORKED.......

IT MUST BE SOME MAGIC????
I dint thought that this can cure the prblem
U R GR8
Left by Praveen K Prasad on Jul 29, 2005 9:28 PM

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I had the same problem but a little different solution.

I renamed my Web.Config file and included some remoting attributes earlier. when I removed them from config file, debugging started working.

I am assuming the xml elements structure or key words were not properly phrased. Incase anybody is looking for more answers to this problem..
Left by Praveena on Aug 03, 2005 7:30 AM

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thanks from POLAND :)
Left by ccc on Aug 11, 2005 2:15 AM

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Thanks ...
i had same problem...
great... it got solved using this method

Thanks a lot
Left by narmada on Aug 18, 2005 12:26 AM

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One case which I cannot find mentioned on this page or in the whitepaper, is when you are running more than one version of .NET on your computer. If you are running VS 2003 and .NET 2.0 on the web, you won't be able to debug.

In WinXP Pro, you change the .NET version in "Internet Information Services".

1. Right click your web
2. Choose properties.
3. Go to the ASP.NET section.
4. Change the .NET-version to the one that suits the Visual Studio you are using. Typically 1.1.

Someone should add it to the whitepaper, in the interest of keeping it a complete guide.
Left by Gyxi on Aug 19, 2005 11:52 PM

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This has helped me toooo
Left by Narik on Sep 08, 2005 1:59 PM

# .Net开发中出现无法在服务器上启动调试的解决办法

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Ping Back??:blog.csdn.net
Left by 笑看人生 on Sep 19, 2005 11:31 PM

# Debugging an ASP.NET project

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I am testing some ideas for tracking tasks for our company so I thought I would also test out ASP.NET. Unfortunately I ran into the problem where I couldn't debug. I did some searching and found this url that had a good tip. Unfortunately it didn't w
Left by Nathan Palmer's Blog on Sep 20, 2005 2:43 PM

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Thank you I'm facing this problem from one and half year
Left by Rawad on Sep 27, 2005 8:08 PM

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Just wanted to share an additional tidbit. After trying everything listed here without success, I tried moving localhost from the IE "trusted sites" zone to the "local intranet" zone - and voila! Not sure what the difference is, but it worked.
Left by John Holliday on Oct 24, 2005 9:00 AM

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Thank you so much! Even though this was not my exact problem, it reminded me that I had changed my Internet Options Local Intranet Security Settings User Authentication Setting to "Prompt for user name and password" for some unrelated testing purposes. I changed the setting back to "Automatic Logon only in Intranet zone" and that fixed it. Thanks again!
Left by Jimmy on Oct 26, 2005 6:18 PM

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I'm getting --> "Unable to start debugging. Cannot find port. Check the remote machine name."

It's a VC++ project, no web server involved that I can see. Any suggestions?

Left by zion on Nov 09, 2005 5:53 AM

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thanks a lot it worked
Left by charles on Nov 15, 2005 12:55 AM

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working on that issue since 6 months.
6 months without debugging.
The MS-help wasn't a help (SURPRISE).

Thanx a lot man.

You da man!!!
Left by happy on Nov 25, 2005 10:32 AM

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Excellent suggestion since it solved the problem for me as well. I went through a few hours of reading and trying MS solutions before looking on the net for other answers.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work in the Local Intranet but moving it to Trusted solved the issue.

Thanks.
Left by bpj001 on Nov 27, 2005 3:29 AM

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Fixed by resetting my browser security settings to default values (Internet,local intranet, trusted sites and restricted sites).

Now its working fine.

Thanks to all
Left by Senthil on Dec 05, 2005 1:23 AM

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Thank you I'm facing this problem from two years thank you muhammad taufiq yusuf
Left by nadia from karachi on Dec 10, 2005 7:49 PM

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My error message was Unable to start debugging on the server.... Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the sever.

Before this error was happend. I tried to setting up my server certificate... ,it's status were pending so i just delete it and it can run properly again.
Left by MisterK on Dec 11, 2005 10:17 PM

# Unable to start debugging

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i get this message...
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. You do not have permissions to debug.
Left by Ravi on Dec 12, 2005 7:12 PM

# RE: you can get help for "unable to start debuggung"

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hi, friends......if u get this error , you can get help from Microsoft help.
Left by Ravi on Dec 12, 2005 7:18 PM

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THANKSSSSSSSSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAA LOTTTTTTTTTTTT
i was fighting with this error for 6 months and now it is solveddddddddddd

Left by Frustrated programmer on Dec 13, 2005 8:03 PM

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Hay i got another reason for this error message....
That is..
Remove anonymous access to the site in directory security tab of your site properties....

That works for me...
Left by Dilhan Jayathilaka on Dec 27, 2005 12:34 AM

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I am having the following error,it's a bit different:

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. System call failed.

Please help.

Left by matt nip on Jan 06, 2006 9:06 AM

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-- Please check whether “Enable HTTP Keep Alives” option of IIS is checked or not.

Thanx a lot man

Tom Zacharias
tom@ccubedindia.com

Left by Tom Zacharias on Jan 13, 2006 3:21 AM

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Please help, I tried everything but I still get prompted for a username and password when I try to debug an asp page with VS.NET 2003. I tried all possible accounts (debuggers, administrators etc) and none worked. All of them don't have a password. I keep getting the error message "Debug username or password not valid". Any idea please? Thanks
Left by Andrew on Feb 03, 2006 3:21 PM

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This is probably much too late for Hiral but I got the error Unable to start debugging on the web server. The project is not configured to be debugged after a recent rebuild. Turns out that I had not gone back and modified my virtual directories to be applications. Doing that fixed the problem.
Left by kate on Feb 07, 2006 5:55 AM

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When I try to debug classic asp pages I get a question mark on the breakpoint circles with the message "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document". What am I supposed to do to debug asp with VS2003 ? Thanks
Left by Andrew on Feb 07, 2006 6:59 AM

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Problem persists.
Error while trying to run: Unable to start debugging on the web server.Access is denied click Help for more information
Left by Rituparno on Mar 08, 2006 9:57 PM

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Thank you..it worked
Left by Rajni on Mar 10, 2006 8:28 AM

# Debugging failed because integrated windows authentication is not enabled

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I'm unable to rum my ASP.Net project because of the win authentication. How to enable the Windows Authentication as my sys having Win XP Professional Edition. The Error is

error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Debugging failed because integrated windows authentication is not enabled. Click help for more information.
Left by Baswaraj - Hyderabad on Mar 22, 2006 4:12 AM

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Thanks for this page:

None of the above worked for me EXCEPT for this....This page solved my problem:

http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/mswinswdev/ms_vbnet_unable_start_debugging.htm

Thanks for whomever posted that link
Left by James M. on Mar 27, 2006 11:28 AM

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Thanks. This worked for me.
Left by Jerry Sweazea on Apr 06, 2006 10:36 AM

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I have done everything in this blog and from other finding on how to solve my error "the debugger component on the server failed to connect to local machine"
Can anyone please help.
Left by Keith on Apr 06, 2006 11:07 AM

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Left by "'"*% on Apr 06, 2006 7:36 PM

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I have tried all the options. I just get "Unable to start debugging on the server Click help for more information"

any help is appreciated.

Left by kris on Apr 07, 2006 3:00 AM

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My problem started when trying to port the localhost app to a new machine...

First i had to go to the virtual directory on IIS and 'Create' the application...

Then add the local zone trusted sites http://localhost

and we have debug.

thanks
Left by Mark on Apr 11, 2006 4:56 PM

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http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/mswinswdev/ms_vbnet_unable_start_debugging.htm

Thanks for this link sloving my problem after I tried to restart Visual Studio 2003.
Left by ddlam on Apr 20, 2006 11:37 AM

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After installing vs 2005 I was getting this error on my 2003 projects.

Solved it by going to IIS - the website - properties - ASP.Net tab and switched the asp version back to 1.1.433 (it had be defaulted to 2.0)

That fixed my problem.
Left by Andrew on Apr 25, 2006 6:30 PM

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Andy, after a few days of tweaking with the IIS settings and Internet Explorer settings I was lost and your solution was a path finder.
Left by ravula on May 03, 2006 11:17 PM