Unable to start debugging - Visual Studio 2012

Question

\"Unable to start debugging \'C:\\Windows\\System32\\WWAHost.exe\'. The Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear to be running on the r

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I fixed it by changing properties/compile/target platform to x86 instead of Any CPU. It solved the problem in my case. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

For me this worked in VS2013: Save your work, close Visual Studio then reopen your project

Answer 3

If you are using Microsoft's Azure, try attaching manually the debugger:

I have outlined the steps in the following answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/35738995/1057052

Answer 4

Ensure you have Local Machine selected in this drop-down menu:

Answer 5

I encountered this error as well.

The cause of mine was that I had accidentally emptied out the following property

Properties->Debugging->WorkingDirectory

Changing it to:

inherit from parent or project defaults

Solved the issue.

Answer 6

Problem solved. Installed Remote tools update from here and working fine. Thanks for responding. Closing the topic.