I'm not much of a developer and am actually trying to learn some stuff about InfoPath. The examples I have all use VS2003 so I bought and loaded VS 2003. When I try to open the examples I get the message: "The selected file is a Visual Studio solution file, but was created by a newer vers...more >>

I've uninstalled all pre-release versions (beta 2 and msdn lib), then attemped the full install of Visual Studio 2005 Professional. Two message: The following component failed to install: Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 ....component was not attempted: MS Visual Studio 2005 Pr...more >>

Hello A message box asking for another disk is displayed midway through installation of VS 2005 . As far as I can tell there is no other disk. platform: XP Professional with SP2. install started via setup.exe on dvd root directory. Sequence of Events: Setup has detected that ms windows ins...more >>

I am installing vs 2005 team edition. I checked all 3 cds with crc305.exe and they were ok. I have loaded the third cd and the green progress bar is filled. The message "Executing action:RemoveTempHxDs" is displaying. The window has an hourglass cursor and is "not responding". I have windo...more >>

Hi All I have a Solution wich has many parts/projects to it. 1. WebSite Interface 2. Desktop App. 3. Windows Service. 4. SQL 2005 Database. I been able to create a Setup project to install the Website, but would ultimatly like to create on Setup that will check if SQL is intalled and i...more >>

I was told that you had to add the Visual Web Developer as an option when loading VS 2005. I went back to add/remove components to add that option. When I looked at the component list. The option for Visual Web Developer Template was checked. I did not see anything else. Yet I get no opti...more >>

Hello, I've an app already installed. If I do some modifications, generate a new setup (using the same project I was using and with the "overwrite old versions" as True), I receive the following error when I try to install my new setup exe: == Another version of this product is alread...more >>

EXE's created with VS 2005 do nothing! Here's the background. I installed, and have been running successfully, VS 2005 since the initial release on November 7. Just yesterday, I noticed that when I try to "open" the EXE for a solution created by VS 2005, it does nothing. Absolutely nothing....more >>

Hi all, I am new to deployment of application. If any one please help me on it , that will be great. During the installation of project, Installer will execute an utility( It will display Winform with all empty Textboxes . If user want to make changes in config file, user has to click on butt...more >>

We have a C# application which calls DTEXEC.EXE. SQL Server (2005) is not located on the same machine where C# application runs. Hence, DTEXEC.EXE file doesn't reside on machine where C# application runs. My question Can we install DTEXEC.EXE (and NOT whole SQL Server 2005) on machine that ...more >>

Is there any way to customize the Start Page in VS 2005? Specifically, I want to modify the Getting Started box on the Start Page so that it displays options for VB instead of C#. I was able to modify the RSS feed window to VB-related topics, but I can't see any way to modify the Getting Start...more >>

Hi, I have a very strange problem. I have build .Net setup to install C# application that uses some registered COM objects. Everething works fine. But after some period or may be after some registry changes, when i trying to start my application it running setup again. Why does it happens...more >>

Hi our work originally started out with Visual Studio 2005 Professional. We have now moved up to Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition - Software Developer. We have already loaded Visual Studio 2005 Professional on some machines, What is the best way to upgrade those installs to Visual Studio 2005 ...more >>

A few months ago I installed Visual C# Express on my computer. I don't remember whether it was RC-1 or RC-2 but after a week or so I tried to remove it and had difficulty doing so. I followed recommendations on MSDN, including running a registry tool specifically designed to handle the clean...more >>

This is bizarre.. I'm trying to install VS.Net 2003 ENT ARCH from MSDN DVD. When I do, I keep getting this dialog box saying: Command line parameters: /L language ID /S Hide initialization dialog. For silent mode use: /S /v/qn /V parameters to MsiExec.exe /UA<url to InstMsiA.exe> /UW<url ...more >>

Just installed VS - TS Suite, eval version (from MSDN subscribers download). So far I'm just poking around VS - TS, but when I start it up I immediately get the following error, every time I start it: Package Load Failure Package Visual Studio Class Designer has failed to load properly ( G...more >>

Hi all We have a problem using VS 2005! We can't use "Enter", "Back", the arrows and commands like ctrl+c/ctrl+v This is working correctly on VS 2003 which we have installed on the same machine... Any suggestions? VS 2005 is english, OS (XP Pro) is german Thanks Sven ...more >>

Hello, I installed VS2005 with SDK for PocketPC. I installed ActiveSync ver 4.1 I have Symantec Antivirus Corporate 8.1 I'm using PDA hp2790 with OS 5.0 I cannot get the PDA to connect to my ActiveSync. I tried to uninstall the PDA from the DeviceManager. I tried to disable the Antivirus. I ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to install "Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - Beta 3 Refresh English" on a "lab machine" having Windows 2003 SP1. I've following every instruction in the document "TFSInstall-v51020.chm" (including downloading the latest version). Everything installs fine until ...more >>

Hello. I had a VS2005 Beta1 installed on my machine (XP SP2). I uninstalled it using the Microsoft's uninstall application. I also tried uninstalling the Beta1 manually. I succeeded in all of my processes. However, after installing my new VS2005 professional Edition, I got few error messages ...more >>