Debug .NET Framework Source Code in Visual Studio 2012?

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2012. I want to Debug .NET Framework source code. I have tried nearly all the options but I am still getting There is source code available for Cu

Answer 1

I've had much luck in the past following the procedure as adviced by SymbolSource.

If you combine this with Resharper, you'll be able to CTRL-click your way through the framework.

There's a long history however of MS not publishing the code of all versions of their binaries. That's why often debugging won't work.

Still, Resharper seems a bit more flexible in downloading source code, and if it can't, it'll give you the disassembled source code, yet undebuggable. Note that JetBrains considers the debugging of decompiled sources a critical feature for dotPeek (the decompiler that comes with Re#), so it might be possible within a not too distant future.