Question

I am trying to attach to a windows service using Visual Studio 2010 → Debug → Attach to process command. When I scroll through the list of processes my Windows service is greyed out and the attach button is also greyed out.

I have tried changing the service account to local service, my account, etc., but it remains greyed out. Is there a way to troubleshoot this?

Answer 1

I usually have the same issue and I take care of it by adding a boolean to my configuration that triggers a debug launch. You can launch a Visual Studio debugger instance that attaches to your Windows service process by calling this:

System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();

What’s nice is that you can call it wherever you wish in your code.