How do I set the solution explorer to be the default tab when Visual Studio .Net opens up? It was when I installed but for some reason, now when I open up a project, the properties explorer is the default tab that shows. Thanks -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com...more >>

I had to format my main drive, I backed up the VS 2002 & 2003 files. Now when I tryed to re-install 2003 I get an error "Please run the Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites setup." or if I go through the main setup folder, I get "Setup was unable to copy the file C:\xxx\xxx\\xxx\Visual Studio .NET...more >>

I have a visual studio setup project for an ASP.NET Web Service. The installer runs fine on XP/2000 but on all our Windows 2003 boxes, it fails with the useless message: "Installer was interrupted before <appname> could be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again." I h...more >>

Hi... I uninstalled my VS 2005 Express and when i try to reinstall them in my computer the TOOLBOX's content dissapear!!! I've tried "Choose Items" with right button in TOOLBOX panel but "Error loading Property Page" is the message that appears. How can i reinstall the VS 2005 Express again...more >>

I have attempted to repair and re-install VB.Net so many times and variations now it isn't funny. I had a working installation at one time - and to this day do not know why things chnaged. I have virus scanned, and adware scanned and nothing appears unusual. One day, however, Visual Studio ...more >>

I continue to receive an error: There is no editor available for (somefilename.aspx) Make sure the application for this filetype (.aspx) is installed. When you view the .aspx file, the values for Codebehind remain = to "$FILENAME$.cs" I tried reinstalling VS2003 several times. I sincere...more >>

I have recently installed VS.NET2003 on a new computer. When I create a new project an error message of the specificed module could not be found is displayed. The project file is then created. If I attempt to add a form to the project using a form template I receive the following error "...more >>

When one creates an MSI file using Visual Studio.NET installer, unless one specifically sets up the MSI file to write to the registry, does the installer write anything to the registry by default at all? If so I'd appreciate knowing what and where is written to the registry. Thanks....more >>

Every time I try to install the 2.0 Framework it dies with the error message Error 1935:An error occured during the installation of assembly Microsoft.VC80.CRT Public Key token 1fc8b3b9ale18e3b I dont understand why it wont install? I can see it has something to do with msvcr80.dll and m...more >>

Hi All, I am new in .net and trying to create setup with uninstallation icon in program group. I have created one shortcut in my program group under application menu,by using msiexec /U <Product Code>. Its working fine,but at the time of installing setup,it will prompt one message that... ...more >>

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this error or how to fix it? I'm installing on a clean WinXP Pro system and this has now happened on two different machines. [01/21/05,13:49:13] Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English: [2] ERROR: Error 1935.An error occured during the ...more >>

During Visual Studio 2005 Setup... I'm getting "the following component failed to install -- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta", I'm running Win XP Pro SP2. I've tried all the typical stuff, log on as Admin of local machine, no other programs or services running, cleared Temp directory etc...more >>

I'm attempting to follow a book ('A Programmer's Introduction to VB.Net' by Utley from 2002. It has a section on creating a Class Library and say's "...choose Class Library in the Templates list box". Nothing like that in my VB.Net Standard. Where do I find the Wizard for this?? Regards.......more >>

Can anyone help? I have just installed Visual Studio.NET 2003 and went to 'Check for Updates'. Received the message regarding not being able to connect to Internet, which I can without any problems. I have found the problem reported in many places and they reference KB836454. Unfortunately this...more >>

I would like to perform an unattended install of a VB .NET 2003 application. Has anyone ever done this? Can someone tell me what I need to do this? I'm looking at possibly using answer files but I'm not sure if .NET will read these or what parameters to put in my answer file. Any help would be...more >>

Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP2. I decided that I needed to repair/reinstall VS because when I ran it, the IDE closed down immediately without any error messages. However I am unable to repair/reinstall because when I insert the VS Disc 1, and click on Option 2 V...more >>

I've installed the vs2005 Beta 2 on my system, and I've tried to run the Java Conversion Language Assistance on a small file. I received this error message: An exception occurred during the conversion: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {67A08606-6C8A-4A28-BE86-B...more >>

Hi, I had installed Visual Studio 2003 and had been working with it. After installing Norton Antivirus 2005 i am not able to debug the program whereas Build and Execute are working fine. If I uninstall norton antivirus 2005 i am able to debug. Any known issues. Thanks in advance. Regards...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me how well the December CTP of VS2005 runs alongside VS2003? This is purely a dev box - no production anywhere nearby - but I do have things like BizTalk 2004 installed as well. I've currently got VS2005 on a Virtual PC but it's sluggish. However, I'm only going to inst...more >>

I want to call a .exe file from a custom action passing it command line arguments. I would like to tell the .exe file the insall location which I think would be TargetDir. Can I use the TargetDir property as a command line argument for the custom action and if so what is the proper syntax?...more >>

I've encoutered a strange problem with an instalation of VS2003 enterprise edition (from the MSDN). Because mu new PC (P4, XP Pro SP2) has a problem with reading a VS2003 CD, I've tried to install the VS from a network mapped CD ROM. During the installation I received error message, something...more >>

Dear sir, What is the difference between build and rebuild... when should I use build and when to use rebuild?? Thanks ...more >>

I am having a different problem when trying to run setup. i get the message "Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components". it never tells me what system components i need to install. I got that when i first started and ended up installing the prerequests manual...more >>

To install VS2005 (new build) error 1935 appear as the screenshot In http://www.giraldocrespo.com/spain/vs2005.JPG is the shot from the error. Any solution? Very thanks! -- Julio Giraldo julio@giraldocrespo.com...more >>

I'm trying to install VS 2003 on a new laptop. It will not let me override to drive to install on. When I installed on my old laptop, a year ago or so, I could override the drive and the complete product is installed on a drive other than c: Old laptop has W2000 server New laptop has WXP...more >>

I am creating a MSI installation for a ASP.Net application. I created a deployment project. I have a couple of questions. 1) I understand from the documentation that the DIRECTORY table is used to define for setting directories in the target machine. I dont find that orca.exe in my machine eve...more >>

hi All i create the setup for my own application which i have developed in vb.net with visual studio.net 2003 plate form. When I install the setup on operating system the icons and shortcut menu is not working. When i click the short cut icon or shortcut menu it shows the destination folder ...more >>

Hi there all I _cannot_ for the life of me get remote debugging up and working.... ive got 2 machines machine 1: xp sp2, vs .net 2003 (all components installed) patched till it cant be patched no more machine 2: win2k server, iis, vs .net 2003 (remote debugger components installed incl...more >>

This is a cross-post from vstudio.setup. I've spent two days trying to get the December CTP (beta 2) to install, and I am now to the point where I don't know what else to try. I just want to install VC++, nothing else. The install appears to work fine - thousands of files are copied to my h...more >>

Hi all, I was wondering what local security groups a developer needs to belong to in order to be able to write, test and debug VB, C# and ASP.net on Windows XP? The groups that are in question are Debugger Users and VS Developers. I wanted to know if a .NET developer has to be in...more >>

Hello, I had an early version of Visual Studio .NET 1.0 on my machine and I have tried to remove it several times to no avail. I'm actually trying to reinstall but the installation always failed saying it has detected a failed install. Many of the paths in the registry point to a non-existant dr...more >>

Dear sir, I need to deploy an asp.net application with a database with it. Any code example or tutorial how should I do this?? I created a web setup project for the deployment, but I am not sure how should I deploy the database, the database contains some predefined data as well. ...more >>

Is there any way to change the icon of the MSI file? i.e. As it appears when viewed in Explorer (not Add/Remove Programs) TIA Tony ...more >>

Where do I find a comprehensive checklist of what needs to take place, in different situations, in setting up the funtionality of the IIS for Visual Studio .Net on a development machine? I've piece mealed my way through it before but need to do it again on a new machine and am having either a ...more >>

I juct purchased a new latop that came with XP PRO SP2 pre-installed. When I try and install Visual Studio .Net 2003, it tells me that I need to install the pre-reqs, but after I do and then reboot and run setup.exe again, it tells me I need to update the pre-reqs again, but when I let syste...more >>

I just received my MSDN Professional subscription and all seemed OK till I tried to use the C# an ASP.Net Web Application. I get the message that says my server is not running ASP.NET 1.1 . I have tried everything in the associated Help: the 1.1 Frameork is definitely installed, and I've ru...more >>