Getting Unable to start debugging on server. Catastrophic failure

[other3]

Would appreciate help with this one. I have the ASP.NET debugging checkbox checked.

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Charlie

 

[LV]

"I have the ASP.NET debugging checkbox checked"
Is it in IIS in the "Application Config" tab? It doesn't have to be checked in order to debug the ASP .Net application.
1. Check your Web.config, make sure that <compilation debug="true">
2. Right click on on your project, go to "Properties", select "Configuration Properties", hit the "Configuration Manager" button and in the "Active Solution Configuration" drop down select "Debug" option.
3. Try running the project web site under an account with administrative priveleges.

 

[other3]

I have done everything that you suggested, thank you, buy the way. What is really bothersome is that I had all of this set up and working about 3 weeks ago and then caught a virus and had to reinstall from OS(Win2K) on up. I am running IIS on my own desktop machine.

That is not the only problem, but I'd like to get past it. I'm also haveing trouble connecting to SQL Server 2000 running on the same machine. I had that working before also. If I run the app. without debugging I get "Not associated with a Trusted Connection error", which I was able to get by when I first started.

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Charlie

 

[LV]

You might want to look at these threads on SQL Server forum:
Thread183-624985
Thread183-587803
Thread183-489627
Thread183-461765
You can also keyword search that forum.

 

[other3]

Thanks LV. I changed to Windows and SQL authentication and the app. connects and runs fine in non debug mode.

I'm still getting the Catastrophic failure. The ASP.NET debugging is checked for the project in VS.NET. Application debugging for the whole Default Website in ISS is unchecked and application debugging is unchecked for the project website.

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Charlie

 

[LV]

Hmmm... Not sure what could causeit. What exactly does the error say?

 

[other3]

The message says:

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debuggin on the web server. Catastrophic failure Would you like to disable future attempts to debug ASP.NET page for this project? Yes/No

I always choose no.

I check the MSDN site and got the message down to an access error. They suggested adding IWAM_USER to the admin. rights group. That's what got me to access error. Then I added IWAM_USER to the debugger group. The MSDN site gave me inpression that it has something to do with the order that one applies SP4 and install Visual Studio.NET. The thing that really tears me about this, is that I had it working at one time and then had to do a total reinstall.

I thank you for your efforts.

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Charlie

 

[LV]

Well, here is my setup: I'm running the web site under my own account, which is has administative priveleges on the box. Same account is added to the Debugger Users group.

 

[other3]

Again, thank you so much for helping me out with these problems. It's working. I now have both myself who already was in the administrator group and debug group and IWAM_ASPNET in the admin and debug group.

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Charlie