How to attach a debugger to a process in which a service is running?

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How to attach a debugger to a process in which a service is running?

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Take the following steps to attach a debugger to a process in which a service is running:

1. In Visual Studio .NET, select Processes from the Debug menu.
   
   



2. In the Available Processes section of the Processes dialog box, select the Show system processes check box.
   
   



3. Select the process for the service application, and click the Attach button.
   
   



4. In the Attach to Process dialog box, select the Common Language Runtime check box, and click the Ok button.
   
   



5. After the Attach to Process dialog box is closed, the service enters the debug mode with Microsoft development environment attached as a debugger.
   
   

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