VS2010 PRO Team - CAN'T SET RELEASE MODE - ALWAYS USES DEBUG MODE

THIS IS NOT A nopCommerce PROBLEM, IT IS A MICROSOFT BUG!

i HAVE SPENT A WEEK TRYING TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER FROM MICROSOFT SUPPORT; AND I AM A MS PARTNER!

MY HOPE IS THAT MOST OF THE nopCommerce TECHNICAL USERS ALSO USE VS2010 THAT SOME HAVE HAD THT SAME BUG AND FOUND OR GOT A FIX OTHER THEN REINSTALLING VS2010? MY VERSON CAME WITH A PREASSINGED RES NUMBER AND WITHOUT THE ORGINAL CD I CAN'T REINSTALL(IF YOU HAVE HAD A RUN IN WITH THIS IT'S A H,,,,)

I  have spent more then a week trying all options because I have a retail site that must roll out before Thangsgiving and going into production with a DEBUG ON VERSION is BAD CHOICE! With as many V2010 PRO users out there I hope I not the only one with this BUG?  I did not find the bug until I tried to use Relrase mode???

AS A OPTION, I TRIED JUST COPYING ALL THE ASPX & LIBRARY FILES BUT IT ONLY GET TO LINE 24 IN CONFI.WEG FILE AND ERRORS OUT BECAUSE THE BUILE IS STILL IN DEBUG MODE BUILDING THE ASPX FILES.

Jerry - StoreMAX