Error: You do not have permission to inspect the process's identity

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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You do not have permission to inspect the process's identity. This may be due to your system's configuration.

The debugger was not able to inspect the process identity, which is necessary information for debugging. The most likely cause is Terminal Services being disabled. Terminal Services service is enabled by default. Follow these steps to re-enable it.

To enable Terminal Services

1. Click Start and then choose Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, choose Switch to Classic View, if necessary, and then double-click Administrative Tools.

3. In the Administrative Tools window, double-click Computer Management.

4. In the Computer Management window, expand the Services and Applications node.

5. Under the Services and Applications, click Services.

   A list of services appears in the right pane.

6. In the Services list, right-click Terminal Services and then choose Properties.

7. In the Terminal Services Properties window, go to the General tab and set Startup type to Manual.

8. Click OK.

9. Restart the computer.

   This procedure does not automatically enable Remote Desktop. If you want to enable Remote Desktop on your computer, perform the following additional procedure.

To enable Remote Desktop

1. Click Start and then right-click My Computer.

2. Choose Properties.

   The System Properties window is displayed.

3. Click Remote.

4. Under Remote Desktop, select Allow users to connect remotely to this computer.

5. Click OK.

See also

• Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting