Cannot attach to Silverlight app from VS

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In the past to connect to silverlight apps form Visual Studio I would go to Debug -> Attach To Process and then scroll down to where the type was Silverlight and attach to that. Recently, silverlight types do not seem to show up in the attach to dialog.

What I have tried

  • Project Properties -> Web -> Debuggers and ensure Silverlight is ticked
  • Attaching to the same window as the silverlight is in

What I want to happen

To attach to silverlight apps from Visual Studio

What is happening

Silverlight apps do not show in the Attach To dialog

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visual-studiodebuggingsilverlight
Do you use the VS2015? If yes, it really has no the Silverlight option in the attach to process window, but you could use the CoreCLR, as far as I know, attaching using CoreCLR allows debugging it as before. – Jack Zhai-MSFT
Im using 2013. The option use to be there – Tom Hanson
And there are no CoreCLR options – Tom Hanson

1 Answers

4
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After a few days I found a solution.

Go to Programs and Features and Uninstall ONLY "Microsoft Silverlight". Once uninstalled go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40633 and install either Silverlight_Developer.exe or Silverlight_Developer_x64.exe

This fixed the problem for me :)