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Posted on by LJ-29042038-0 50
Hi,
 
I am working in my dev env using VHD.  I have all services enabled but w3wp.exe is not visible.
 
All of sudden it stopped appearing and not sure why. IIS services are running too.
 
I am 10.0.40 since couple of months so it not because of version upgrade too.
 
Lakshmi
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • LJ-29042038-0 Profile Picture
    LJ-29042038-0 50 on at
    w3wp.exe process not visible in debugging processes
    Hi,
     
    W3wp.exe is visible. but breakpoints are not getting enabled even after loading symbols.
     
    Getting below error:
     
    Exception thrown at 0x00007FFB1EB8BC60 in w3wp.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000000.
  • Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 229,021 Most Valuable Professional on at
    w3wp.exe process not visible in debugging processes
    IIS Express comes with Visual Studio.
     
    You likely want to say that F&O dev tools on VHDs are configured to use IIS by default, which is correct and therefore your remarks is indeed relevant.
     
    But it doesn't mean that the environment can't be configured to use IIS Express; it's just a matter of a single entry (RuntimeHostType) in DynamicsDevConfig.xml.
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    Jonas "Jones" Melgaard 1,522 on at
    w3wp.exe process not visible in debugging processes
    @Martin I wonder if it's a local VM, since she mentioned VHD?
    As far as I remember these ones only come with IIS.
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    Martin Dráb 229,021 Most Valuable Professional on at
    w3wp.exe process not visible in debugging processes
    First of all, consider whether you really want w3wp.exe. Development environments usually uses iisexpress instead (and IIS, i.e. w3wp.exe, isn't running.
     
    If you want w3wp and you've verified that it's running, don't forget to tick "Show processes from all users".
  • Jonas "Jones" Melgaard Profile Picture
    Jonas "Jones" Melgaard 1,522 on at
    w3wp.exe process not visible in debugging processes
    If you can open F&O in the browser, then it should be visible.
    Have you checked "Show processes for all users", or can you find batch.exe?
     

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