Don't see Clean solution option in Visual Studio

Question

For one of the solutions, I don't see the Clean Solution option neither in the context menu when I right click on the solution name in the Solution Explorer nor in the Build menu. When I make any changes to the project and debug, VS never hits the break point and I get the "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. The source code is different from the original version." message. My understanding is that I need to clean the solution.

For other solutions, I do see the Clean solution and I don't have the same issue.

Answer 1

I guess you are running an older code version than the one you want to debug on. Rebuild the project(s), paying attention to dependencies. Use the "Rebuild" feature.

Answer 2

If it's a Web application project, just clean it yourself by nuking all DLLs in the bin. Then rebuild. I assume it builds without errors?

Answer 3

You can also clean using devenv /clean SolnConfigName SolutionName in the command line environment.

Here is the reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718635.aspx

Answer 4

If you're running a web site, as apposed to a web application project, you probably don't have an actual solution, or even a project file.

For a web site, you need to rebuild the website (from the build menu), or manually delete all of the dlls to accomplish the same thing.

Edit:

How are you debugging? Are you using Cassini (the built in visual studio debugger), or attaching to an IIS process?

I would also try this:

Go to C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files and delete the folder that has the same name as your website.

Answer 5

Finally had to create a brand new solution and add the projects from the older solution to the newly created one. Not sure what the problem was, but this helped.

Answer 6

I have the same problem, and I don't know how to add the Clean button from Custom Menu.