Unable to start debugging on the web server. The Visual Studio 2019 Remote Debugger (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear

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I am using Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 Preview on Windows 10 pro. My project (source code) is https://github.com/smartstoreag/SmartStoreNET/tree/3.x/src . I press F5 to see result, but I catch error

Unable to start debugging on the web server. The Visual Studio 2019 Remote Debugger (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear to be running on the remote computer. This may be because a firewall is preventing communication to the remote computer. Please see Help for assistance on configuring remote debugging.

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How to fix it?

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2 Answers

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You may need to set up the website in IIS, and possibly add an entry to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

Check the project properties to see what URL needs to be set up.

Alternatively, you could try running in IIS Express instead of IIS.

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In my case the related site(s) in IIS tied to my solution were "stopped" in IIS. Once I went into IIS and "started" them, this debug error went away.