.NET Framework - Cannot run debugger - VS .net version 2003

Asked By Rayne

18-Nov-09 11:36 AM

Hi all,

I am new to programming using MS Visual Studio. I have installed
VS .net (version 2003) on my PC running Windows Vista. I know there
are "known compatibility issues", but I need to test the program I have
written on an older version of VS, for backward compatibility testing
purposes. The system that will eventually be running the program is an
older system.

When I wrote a simple Hello World program, I cannot even debug it. I
get the error message "'devenv.exe' does not contain debugging
information. (No symbols loaded.) Click OK to debug anyway.". When I
clicked OK, it simply opens another instance of VS, not my program.

Is there a way to get around this problem, or is Vista simply not
compatible with this version of VS?

Thank you.

Regards,
Rayne

18-Nov-09 08:44 AM

IIRC, debugging was one of the major problem areas for VS 2003 in Vista. VS
2005 was also released before Vista and its new security model arrived, and
VS 2005 needed serious patching through SP1 and the Vista patch for VS 2005
to work well. As VS 2003 was already obsolete when Vista was released, no
work was done on it. I'd say you are OOL, but you did make sure your active
configuration is Debug, correct?

19-Nov-09 02:29 AM

Yes, my active configuration is Debug.