I cant seem to find where I would change my visual basic 2005 project into a release build. I'm so embarrased.

Here's an interesting twist. I changed my project a release build to test something and now I cant change it back to debug. Any idea why?

Try cleaning your solution.  Right-click on the solution and then click "Clean Solution."  If this doesn't work then make sure everything is checked in and then delete the source from your local mahcine and then download it again from source control.