VS 2010 doesn't load PDB

Question

I have a VS 2010 solution which I build in debug mode on a x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. The compilation produces a .pdb file next to the .exe. When I run the project with the debugger attached I get the following error message:

"Debugging information cannot be found or does not match. Loading disabled by Include/Exclude setting."

At this point I cannot insert breakpoints in the code. However, when I manually load the symbols (using the modules window) they are loaded correctly and I can again insert breakpoints. I tried rebuilding, cleaning and recloning my code from the repository. Nothing helps. The .pdb obviously exists and matches. Why can't VS load them right away?

Answer 1

UPDATE: So it turns out that there's an option to exclude specific symbol files from loading.

Go to:

tools->options->debugging->symbols->Specify excluded modules

And make sure that nothing is excluded.