Visual Studio Just-In-Time Debugger not finding already open instances

Question

I have a C# console application program that is called by an external program which provides it with its command line parameters. In order to ease debugging, I\'ve created a co

Answer 1

Please check if you have enabled the check boxes named 'Managed' and/or 'Native' in visual studio under:

Tools->Options->Debugging->Just-In-Time

I ran into this problem recently where i had accidentally disabled these check boxes. It may not be relevant to your problem as it is working after the reboot. I am just posting this so that others may find it helpful.

Answer 2

Apart from the two different answers already posted on this page, seems like this issue is having a (short) comeback. But in this time it's as a real bug in Visual Studio 2017 early versions.

Anyway - No need to panic, it's already fixed in Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 preview 2. Just make sure your'e using this version or higher.

See Source for more details.

Answer 3

Perhaps the process is running as admin, and VS is not. This was my problem.