How do I attach a process to the debugger in Visual Studio?

Question

I know I can start a process in code with Process.Start(). Is it also possible to attach the debugger to that process?

Not from code per se ,

Answer 1

You can attach to a running process using Tools | Attach to Process. If it's a Web Application, you can attach to it by attaching to aspnet_wp.exe or w3wp.exe.

To answer your question on how to attach to a process programmatically:

• Attaching to a Process Using VS.NET Automation Model

Here are other Stack Overflow questions that deal with that:

• Communicating with the Visual Studio Debugger Programmatically?
• Programmatically apply breakpoints in Visual Studio