I have the same problem. I just updated the project to VS2012, but when I select the Release configuration and try to select “Release” as the configuration of the main project in my solution, it only has “Debug” as the choice. I made sure that my web.config had nothing turned on for debugging. Is there any other place I should look for?
I just found this search on Bing and seems to explain why. My main project is a website project, which, apparently, has no concept of debugging and release. If this is the case, they should have called it release instead of debugging in my opinion.
Here's the link: http://forums.asp.net/t/1845650.aspx/1?vs+2012+web+deployment+
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