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Asked: 2026-05-31T19:51:29+00:00

I am trying to configure visual studio to enable me to step into the

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I am trying to configure visual studio to enable me to step into the .net framework source code when I am debugging.

I have tried with both Visual Web-Developer-Express-2010 and Visual-Studio-2011-Express-For-Web as well as Visual-Studio-2011-Express-For-Web on Win8CP and I am getting the same problem with each.

I have read numerous tutorials on how to set it up and the settings I have I believe to be correct.

Debugging General Settings –

debug general settings one

also –

debug general settings two

Debugging Symbol Settings –

debug symbol settings

I have tried both of these symbol servers. When I click Load all Symbols this is the output I get saying symbol loads have failed –

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failed symbol loads output

If I run the code to the breakpoint, right click and select the specific method to step into like so –

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example of how I try to step into source code

I get this tab –

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failed loads error tab

If I look in my SymbolCache folder, there is only a FailedLoads folder with these contents –

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FailedLoads folder contents

My project is in debug mode. I have also tried running VS as administrator. I have full control over the SymbolCache directory. I am on a home network and have full access to my internet connection.

Why is this not working?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Source stepping is only available for RTM or SP releases.

    See http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/refsourceserver/thread/1b74f60c-e961-425c-a38e-362406dd4cfe.

    Since 4.5 assemblies keep the same version number as 4.0 (stupid idea), then there is no way to get compatible symbols + source right now, so this is impossible with VS11 installed. You must start over with a clean machine and don’t install .NET 4.5.

    This is really stupid … the whole point of versioning just thrown out the window.

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