I’m trying to remotely debug an exe, but I keep getting an error message.

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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T06:59:23+00:00 2026-05-31T06:59:23+00:00

I’m trying to remotely debug an exe, but I keep getting an error message. Here’s the configuration:

On the dev machine:

On the remote machine:

Both machines are on the same domain. I’m logged in with the same account, which has administrator rights on both machines.

And here’s what I do:

Starting msvsmon.exe on the remote computer (using ‘run as admin’)
msvsmon output: new server named domain\login@machine created. Waiting for input connections.
From visual studio: Debug > Attach to process. Filling the Qualifier field with domain\login@machine
visual studio output: Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor named “machine”. Access denied.
msvsmon output: domain\login connected

What did I miss?

EDIT:

Looks like it’s working if the dev machine is 64-bit too (tried on a Win7 x64). So now the question is: how to make it work from my Windows Vista 32?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-31T06:59:24+00:00

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So the answer is: it’s not possible.

To debug a process (either 32 or 64 bits) on a remote 64-bit machine, you have to use a 64-bit machine locally.

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