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Try going to Tools&gt;Options&gt;Debugging&gt;Sy<wbr />mbols and check the box for MS Servers, then Load them.
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Try going to Tools>Options>Debugging>Symbols and check the box for MS Servers, then Load them.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
Thanks for the reply,<br />
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Now it's just saying that the source is unavailable (source information is missing from the debug information for this module) when an error is detected.
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Hi,

Thanks for the reply,

Now it's just saying that the source is unavailable (source information is missing from the debug information for this module) when an error is detected.

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Hi, <br />
<br />
I'm just wondering why I can't get specific error messages anymore in Visual Studio when an exception occurs.<br />
<br />
For example, I know where this error occured because I'm working in that section of the application, but it used to highlight the line and tell me exactly what caused the problem, now I get a generic error like this:<br />
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An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastExcepti<wbr />on' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll<br />
Additional information: Conversion from string &quot;&quot;&nbsp;to type 'Double' is not valid.<br />
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It no longer specifies the line number or highlight the error,<br />
<br />
I attached a print screen<br />
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Thank you for the help!<br />
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Hi, 

I'm just wondering why I can't get specific error messages anymore in Visual Studio when an exception occurs.

For example, I know where this error occured because I'm working in that section of the application, but it used to highlight the line and tell me exactly what caused the problem, now I get a generic error like this:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
Additional information: Conversion from string "" to type 'Double' is not valid.

It no longer specifies the line number or highlight the error,

I attached a print screen

Thank you for the help!

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