DotNetNuke folder: encrypted files caused access denied error

Had to spend over the 3 hours with a client until found that files in the folder are encrypted. This caused "Access denied" error and did not allow DotNetNuke to work properly :( BTW: encrypted files in the Windows 2008 environment highlighted with green. To remove encryption just select all files, right click and remove encryption from the files.

No processes to attach in Visual Studio

Usually to debug projects for DotNetNuke i attach to the aspnet_wp.exe process. Its very good way on how to debug modules for DotNetNuke. But sometimes there was big confuse. Once i opened list of processes to connect i got it empty. It confused me, how it can be?

After deep debugging problem has been found.Source of problem is frozen processes IEXPLORE. Once i killed them in Task Manager and restarted IIS, everything goes back and i can attach to process for Debugging.

Hope this helps!

Blocked references in Visual Studio

Sometimes, when you try to compile project for DotNetNuke in Visual Studio it can not to do this. Error says: can't rebuild, because .dll of the project is locked. Sometimes it was real headache for me, because was really unexpected and unusual. First time i thought its problem with IIS, but later i found its problem with Visual Studio references. So, there are 4 steps to fix this issue:

1) Remove all references from your project (or whole solution). Try to rebuild - it shows errors, because can't find references.

2) Close Visual Studio.

3) Open solution and add all references.

4) Rebuild solution. It works now.

Hope this helps.