Hosam Kamel : Windows Vista

How to identify your application worker process (w3wp)

HosamKamel — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:43:05 GMT

When working with multiple application pools it’s being difficult to identify which worker process (w3wp.exe) you want to attach your debugger to while debugging your asp.net web application .

To identify your application worker process (w3wp), You have to get the correct worker process ID to do so:

For Window 2008 or Vista (IIS 7.0)

IIS 7.0 shipped with a new utility called AppCmd which serve as a command line server management utility.
This tool located in %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd.exe
To list current worker process Id’s along with its corresponding site use the below command
```
AppCmd.exe list wps
```
once you got your application worker process Id, you select the correct worker process from “Attach to Process” dialog on Visual Studio.

For Window 2003 (IIS 6.0)

Use iisapp.vbs script, a command line tool included in IIS 6.0 is used to list worker processes
This script located in %SystemRoot%\System32\IIsApp.vbs
Run it by typing
```
cscript IIsApp.vbs
```
once you got your application worker process Id, you select the correct worker process from “Attach to Process” dialog on Visual Studio.

Hope it helps.

[Vista]Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Windows Vista Issue List

HosamKamel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:54:25 GMT

While browsing Visual Studio Developer Center at MSDN if found this interesting article which identifies the known issues you will face when using Visual Studio 2003 on Windows Vista. While Visual Studio 2003 is not supported on Windows Vista.

Check the full issues list here

[Vista Problem] ASP.NET web site not loaded in Visual Studio Under Windows Vista

HosamKamel — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:53:51 GMT

You may get the below error while trying to load ASP.NET web site/Web application while using Visual Studio under Windows Vista.

To resolve this error and get the project loaded follow the following steps :

1- close the current running instance of Visual Studio

2- Run the Visual Studio again but in Administration Mode , to do so :

- From Start menu select Visual Studio , right click and select Run as Administrator option.

3- You should now see that the title bar has been changed to show that you are running in administration mode. [Project Name] - Microsoft Visual Studio (Administration)

Congratulations ! You will now be able to load the web site .

BTW : If we you don't have a web site configured on IIS 7.0 you will be prompt to create one , just click yes

Good luck :)