Turning off Attach Security Warning popup

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Turning off Attach Security Warning popup

I did a hard drive format a few days ago and had to reinstall VS2k5. Now I am getting a very annoying Attach Security Warning popup every time I go into Debug->Attach To Process and attach to the DLL I am working with.

I have checked MSDN and came across this link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241736.aspx

It says that there is a registry value that needs to be switched off, but doesn't tell what that registry value is.

How do I turn off this popup



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Turning off Attach Security Warning popup

  • rodan_be

    I might be onto something here, SuperStruct. Look at this key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Debugger
    It has a dword value named DisableAttachSecurityWarning, with a value of 0. That's bound to be it. Now if we can just figure out what value to plug in instead of 0... I've already tried 1, that didn't do it.

    I also found the same setting for VS2005, at
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Debugger
    so I set it to 1 too, just in case it was somehow overriding the other. Still no luck. If you play with this and find the right value, please post it here.

    Corrrecting that: 1 does work. Somehow it didn't take the first time, and was still zero.

    SuperStruct wrote:

    My company redid their networking recently and I'm part of a different user group now. I tried my steps and added everyone who logs into my computer and I still get the popup. It worked fine on the old network for some reason. If anyone could post that registry key tweak we'd all be very grateful! I feel like I'm running Vista with that annoying popup creeping up every time I have to debug.

  • Kevin POCHAT

    My company redid their networking recently and I'm part of a different user group now. I tried my steps and added everyone who logs into my computer and I still get the popup. It worked fine on the old network for some reason. If anyone could post that registry key tweak we'd all be very grateful! I feel like I'm running Vista with that annoying popup creeping up every time I have to debug.

  • Pete Mussomeli

    Add your self to the Debugger Users group and see. That should solve the problem.

  • Drone

    OK! Here's the detailed solution! Go to this admin screen:

    Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Local Security Policy->Security Settings->Local Policies->User Rights Assignment->Debug Programs

    Double-click debug programs and add your user to the list!

  • AliBaba2005

    This solution does not work for me. I am using Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6. I am trying to attach to the worker process w3wp.exe, whose user is the identity of the application pool for my default website. I have added that user, myself, and Aspnet to the Debug Programs list, and also to the Debugger Users group. And yet the message still keeps popping up.

    Does anyone know the mysterious unspecified registry setting mentioned in this article
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241736.aspx

    That, or any solution that works to get rid of the warning dialog. Thanks in advance!

    SuperStruct wrote:

    OK! Here's the detailed solution! Go to this admin screen:

    Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Local Security Policy->Security Settings->Local Policies->User Rights Assignment->Debug Programs

    Double-click debug programs and add your user to the list!

  • Anoop PS

    FredSaw you are my hero! I've been looking for that registry key since for about 3 years! THANK YOU!
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