---
title: "A macro to automatically attach to aspnet_wp.exe"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/21/a-macro-to-automatically-attach-to-aspnet_wpexe.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/21/a-macro-to-automatically-attach-to-aspnet_wpexe.html"
published: "2003-09-21T19:36:00"
updated: "2003-09-21T19:36:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This was on the win-tech-off-topic mailing list: A macro to automatically attach to aspnet_wp.exe, written by Kevin Dente can save lots of clicking around time: <quote> Sub AttachAspNet() Dim process As EnvDTE.Process…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# A macro to automatically attach to aspnet\_wp.exe

By Roy Osherove September 21, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 21, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

This was on the win-tech-off-topic mailing list:

A macro to automatically attach to aspnet\_wp.exe, written by [Kevin Dente](http://weblogs.asp.net/kdente/) can save lots of clicking around time:

<quote>

  Sub AttachAspNet()
        Dim process As EnvDTE.Process

        If Not (DTE.Debugger.DebuggedProcesses Is Nothing) Then
            For Each process In DTE.Debugger.DebuggedProcesses
                If (process.Name.IndexOf("aspnet\_wp.exe") <> -1) Then
                    Exit Sub
                End If
            Next
        End If

        For Each process In DTE.Debugger.LocalProcesses
            If (process.Name.IndexOf("aspnet\_wp.exe") <> -1) Then
                process.Attach()
                Exit Sub
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

Unfortunately, it's not perfect. Process.Attach doesn't let you
specify the program type (CLR, Script, native, etc). I think that it
uses whatever your last selection was in the UI. But don't quote me
on that, it's been a while.
</quote>

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