After Installing SP1 I get a Runtime Error (abnormal termination or termination requested as seen below) anytime I try to build, rebuild or clean a C++ project. This happens for ALL new C++ projects (tried most types) and some but not all old projects (created with VC2005 without SP) I h...more >>

I am trying to build a customized IDE based on VS2005. My requirements make pointless some of the features of VS. Some of those features would be Output Window, Server Explorer, Error List, Task List, among others. A certain number of those windows and panels can be hidden programatically, but...more >>

Hello, I wish to create VS Macro, that will add or remove some files from Setup Projects. Is it posible? I tried to record macro, but record skips adding files to setup/ Thanks MilanB...more >>

This could be a coincidence, although my experience has been that it usually is not, but it seems like since the last round of Microsoft security updates (Dec 12, Dec. 18) were applied to my development system, VS2005 builds and executes super-slow (even slower than the usual). I can hear the ...more >>

Hi there, Sorry if this is inappropriate for this NG but I'm looking for samples of form-based ".resx" files that were created in a non-English version of Visual Studio 2005 (or 2003 if necessary). If anyone has access to this could I trouble you to send me a copy at lsmith999999@hotmail.co...more >>

I have not been able to find a list of bugs corrected by VS 2005 SP1. Does one exist? -- Regards, Frank...more >>

The tabs at the top of the editor area displays the full file path. Because the paths are long the middle gets truncated and replaced with "...", making them difficult to read. Is there a way to display just the file name (to exclude the path part of the name)? thanks in advance, John ...more >>

Hi, When getting errors when building a web site the code error appears in the Error List window. However, when clicking the error the ide does not take to that error in your code. Also the error is not highlighted in the code. I am assuming it is a setting that hasn't been set (all our devel...more >>

I"m sure theres a setting, but could you inform me why and how to fix the problem where i change code in a file in a project in my solution (contains other projects) and then hit F5 and the project doesn't build even though it has changed? the breakpoints will have warnings saying it the sy...more >>

Hi, On a new installation of VS 2005 in Vista RTM version I have the problem that the Compile command in the Build menu is permanently disabled - even though building the solution (a C++ solution) itself works fine. Has anyone ever come across this problem before? Or does anyone know why V...more >>

Hi there, Has anyone noticed that the "Form.CancelButton" property occasionaly resets itself to "(none)" in the form's property window for no apparent reason (at deisng time using VS 2005). Has anyone had this problem as well. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, in VS2002 and 2003 I used the Find combobox from the standard toolbar. One could add toggle button for case sensitivity, regular expression, whole word searching and the like. With VS2005 the Find combobox is not visible by default, but I could add it from the customize menu. What I do...more >>

I'm currently developing an Add-In for VS.Net 2003. It has a commandbar with a couple of commandbuttons. I use the DTE.Commands.AddNamedCommand method to create a VS-wide command (gets persisted throughout sessions) and the Command.AddControl method to add the command to the commandbar (respe...more >>

When I open my Toolbox pane for the first time, it takes 5 minutes because it loads controls out of every project in my solution, none of which I plan on using. Is there a way to disable this "feature" such that only the standard tools appear in the Toolbox pane and it doesn't take the time to l...more >>