Symbol loading disabled by Include/Exclude Setting

Question

I am using VS 2017 to debug a running process.

First, I generated PDB with DotPeek.

Second, I pointed the directory of pdb location ("C:\PdbDestination") in VS 2107.

Third, I attached to a process which uses that particular assembly, modules are loaded, however, symbol loading is disabled. The expected result is for the Symbol Status to show "Symbol Loaded".

Could someone please let me know anything I could have possibly missed?

I was able to fix the issue by manually loading it from Modules tab, but I would still like to know what is the actual root cause (e.g. Include/Exclude setting?) that disables the symbols loading.

Answer 1

Please check if "Load all modules, unless excluded" is selected.

Go to Options -> Debugging -> Symbols