Access Is Denied when Debugging Visual Studio 2022 Preview

Question

When attempting to debug, any solution/project, in Visual Studio 2022 preview I'm receiving "Access Is Denied"

The directory that the solution exists has all the correct permissions for my user account as well as administrators. I have also tried while running Visual Studio as admin. The output exe will also register Access Is Denied if I try to run it directly, outside visual studio. I can move the exe to another directory and still receive the Access Is Denied message.

I utilize Windows 10 version 21H2, I login using an Azure Active Directory account.

My project paths live in C:\Users(MyAzureName)\Version Control\

Bantling

Answer 1

I finally figured out the cause of this problem. Our cloud antivirus solution was submitting applications from my Version Control directory to quarantine without notifying me. I have excluded this path from my AV scanning and now my debugging is functioning as normal.

Bantling

Answer 2

Ctrl+F5 worked once. For corp managed systems, the option to change the virus checker settings are limited. Any other ideas appreciated.

Festoonery

It worked for me. Thank you :) – Good

Answer 3

Same problem, different solution. Checked the Windows Event Viewer for insight into Access Denied. In Event Viewer treeview, go to Event Viewer/Applications and Services Logs/Visual Studio, and click through events. I discovered references to "Visual Studio Trust Service"!?

In Visual Studio 2022, if you're using Git, go Debug/Options:

(1) go to Source Control/Plug-in Selection, and select Git for Current Source Control plugin;

(2) go to Source Control/Git Global Settings, and verify your Default Location folder is correct for your local repository;

(3) go to Environment/Trust Settings, under Trust Policies, check "Require a Trust Decision before opening content, and click "Add a Folder" to add your local Git repository path as a Trusted Location.

Click OK to save all changes. Rebuild and re-run (with or without Debugging).

In my case, Access Denied disappeared after these changes. I don't believe you need run VS as Local Admin in order to make these changes.

This worked for me, hopefully this might help you too.

Amative

Answer 4

In my case, the stream writer object still had a lock on the file because I'd forgotten to close and/or dispose:

streamWriter.Close();

Conservatory

Answer 5

try below

• Copy your project folder to C:\Users%userprofile%\source\repos

• Open the project from the above path in VS2022 or your version.

• Try with CTRL+F5 (if you see access denied, try again)

• Next try with F5

Halyard

The mentioned solution not working with windows Visual Studio 2022. – Valparaiso