Source code different than code being built

Question

I'm having an issue with a Visual Studio 2008 web application project where changes I make to the form or the code behind do not get built when debugging, and so I cannot use breakpoints and in fact none of the changes I make will display unless I navigate to "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files" and delete the "root" folder therein. So my debugging and development process involves me making changes, then closing Visual Studio 2008, deleting this folder, then re-opening Visual Studio and compiling. I've had the same problem using 2010 as well. My code lives on my C: drive.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In Visual Studio Configuration Manager you can change the configuration for your project. Change this to debug.

Answer 2

Did you try a rebuild? I don't know why your code isn't updating on build, but sometimes building from scratch fixes the problem.

Answer 3

I've had issues like this before (though maybe not exactly the same). Delete the .dll & .pdb files and try it again.. also make sure you project is turned on for debugging.