How to remove another debugger so that Visual Studio can debug script

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So I messed up and installed a crappy scripting program to debug VBscript before I realized that it could be done with VS.

So now, despite uninstalling the other debugger, I receive the following error message: "another debugger has registered itself as the Just-In-Time debugger" and will not allow me to enable script debugging in VS.

So looking into the issue it seems that the error is in the windows register somewhere but despite me trying a few things I have not found a way to fix this. I have tried to do the VS repair a few times after making Reg changes with no luck.

I feeling like this should be a easy thing but can't seems to find the answer anywhere, help if you can.

Error Message

vbscript visual-studio debugging
2 Answers

I had the same problem and found a solution here.

Basically you have to delete the following registry keys (if present):

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft.NETFramework\DbgManagedDebugger
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Debugger
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft.NETFramework\DbgManagedDebugger
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Debugger

It worked in my case, I just had to restart VS(2019)

user_16211180

The error is likely related to the fact the debugger is still registered but the files no longer exist because the program has been uninstalled.

Looking at the message:

Another debugger has registered itself as the Just-In-Time debugger. To repair, enable Just-In-Time debugging or run Visual Studio repair.

I would suggest the best option would be to uninstall Visual Studio completely then perform a clean install. If this seems drastic, you could always go for the Visual Studio repair option first but this might not sever the connection to the now uninstalled debugger.

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