Web API in MVC Project isn't hitting breakpoints (“symbols not loaded”)

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC project, with an ASP.NET web api defined as an area in this project. So the structure is the following:

MVC Web
   Controllers
   View         


        

Answer 1

This solved my problem:

• Close\Exit from all instances of IIS Express in the system tray (beside the Windows clock).
• Delete bin and obj folders in your project directory
• Restart Visual Studio
• Run it again