Unable to debug SPListEventReceiver

Question

Running VS and SharePoint on the same server, but I am unable to debug my simple Event Receiver to see why it is not firing.

Here is the snipp:

public class EventReceiver1 : SPListEventReceiver
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A list was added.
    /// </summary>
    public override void ListAdded(SPListEventProperties properties)
    {
        base.ListAdded(properties);

        TestReceiver(properties.WebUrl, properties.ListId);
    }

    protected TestReceiver(string webUrl, Guid listGuid)
    {
        using(SPSite site = new SPSite(webUrl))
        {
            using(SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
            {
                SPList list = web.Lists[listGuid];
                list.Description = "Test";
                list.Update();
            }
        }
    }
}

Solution deploys successfully, but going back to the UI and adding a list, description is not updated as seen in the TestReceiver() method. Attempting to attach VS to all w3wp process does not load any breakpoints either. What gives?

EDIT

I have also confirmed via Powershell, that the document library does have my Event Receiver attached to it.

Answer 1

Re-deploying event receivers will sometimes continue to point to an old version. You may have tried some of these but here's how I would troubleshoot:

1. Download SP Manager and drill down to the List where the Event Receiver is attached. You can remove / delete it manually.
   • use Powershell to remove the Event Rece3vier
   • Make sure you are attaching all W3WP Processes (From all Users)
   • Manually deploy the .dll to the GAC
   • Do a Full Retract / Install w/ Powershell (not VS)
   • IIS Reset
   • If all that fails, create a new list and new Event Receiver

Answer 2

Use

protected void TestReceiver(string webUrl, Guid listGuid)

instead of

protected TestReceiver(string webUrl, Guid listGuid)