Comments on: Unable To Start Debugger: Visual Studio 2008

By: HCervantes

HCervantes — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:12:26 +0000

Adam, thanks so much for your recommendation. I experimented the same issue and fixed as per your instructions in less than 5 minutes! (application found in CD-DRIVE:\Remote Debugger\x64).

By: Bora

Bora — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:48:11 +0000

Thanks a lot. Problem solved.

By: Suleman

Suleman — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:43:24 +0000

thanks for this post, it saved me a lot of time .

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:50:51 +0000

Thanks for the help man! This perfectly resolved my issue!

By: Rajish

Rajish — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:33:28 +0000

Thanks for the information…it was very helpful for me…
i installed VS 2008 on my vista machine and was not able to debug…as per u’r information i installed remote debugger from x64 folder and it worked…thanks very much….

By: acarter

acarter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:27 +0000

According to this MS support article, the Machine Debug Manager can be obtained via Windows Update. You also might want to try a full install of VS2008. Perhaps you unchecked some necessary settings.

By: AlexandrS

AlexandrS — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:20:23 +0000

i found there is no machine debug manager service in my machine… as well as Just-In-Time Debugging Handler service..
there is no mdm.exe file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\VS7Debug..
dont’t you know where i can find instalation for this services ? )

By: acarter

acarter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:50:30 +0000

Alexander,

I’ve never written or debugged stored procedures in Visual Studio, so I don’t know how much help I can be. The issue that I blogged about occurs when you try to debug a normal application, but it may be applicable in your situation as well.

After a quick web search, I came across this Microsoft article. However, I’m sure that you’ve already read it. If you end up finding a solution, let me know and I’ll do a write-up.

Good Luck,
–Adam

By: AlexandrS

AlexandrS — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Hi..
Can you help me ?
i have OS: win server standard 2007 + SP1 64-bit.
I have installed VS Team System 2008 on it
as well as SQL Server standard edition 2005 x64
I am trying to debug stored procedure via VS and it is broken down…
when i try to attach to any x64 process error apears: “Unable to attach to the process. The data area passed to a system call is too small.”
attaching to x86 process – successfully…
Do you have any idea ?
Thanks..

By: acarter

acarter — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:05:51 +0000

Daniel,

If I’m reading this MSDN article correctly, Visual Studio Express doesn’t support remote debugging. I think that you may be out of luck.

–Adam