CleanWPPAllFilesInSingleFolder error makes my project no longer load
I just had this issue as well. Try the following: Close Visual Studio Delete your .user and .suo files Re-open the solution. This worked for me.
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How do I truly reset every setting in Visual Studio 2012?
Visual Studio has multiple flags to reset various settings: /ResetUserData – (AFAICT) Removes all user settings and makes you set them again. This will get you the initial prompt for settings again, clear your recent project history, etc. /ResetSettings – Restores the IDE’s default settings, optionally resets to the specified VSSettings file. /ResetSkipPkgs – Clears … Read more
NuGet Package restore failed for project Miscellaneous Files: Value cannot be null or an empty string. Parameter name: root. 0 0
I fixed this by deleting the visual studio solution user options file (.suo) and then restarting VS. UPDATE: For VS 2017, you need to delete a hidden folder named .vs located in solution directory (Thanks @Tien Dinh!)
Visual Studio 2012 Express is suddenly “incompatible with this version of Windows”?
I received the same message on Visual Studio 2012 Premium (on PC where Windows 7 re-installed in last month) – the suggested fix was “Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (KB2781514)” which seems to have fixed it www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36020
How do I create an InstallShield LE project to install a windows service?
For Visual Studio 2012 & InstallShield LE, do the following: Run through the InstallShield project assistant and add the primary output of your service to the Application files section. After you are done with the project assistant, double click the “Files” item under step two of the setup project. Right click on the primary output … Read more
Add an already existing directory to a directory in Solution Explorer
Click the ‘Show all files’ button at the top of the Solution Explorer and right click the folder desired and select ‘include in project’.
How do I install ASP.NET MVC 5 in Visual Studio 2012?
Microsoft has provided for you on their MSDN blogs: MVC 5 for VS2012. From that blog: We have released ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012. This release brings a ton of great improvements, and include some fantastic enhancements to ASP.NET MVC 5, Web API 2, Scaffolding and Entity Framework to users of … Read more
Visual Studio can’t build due to rc.exe
Found this on Google… I would assume that in your case you would copy rc.exe and rcdll.dll to visual studio 2012\vc\bin or wherever you have it installed: Part 2: FIX LINK : fatal error LNK1158: cannot run ‘rc.exe’ Add this to your PATH environment variables: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86 Copy these files: rc.exe rcdll.dll From … Read more
Where can I locate themes for VS2012
Yes, luckily you can revert the Visual Studio 2012 ALL CAPS menus to normal menus by hacking the registry: Launch regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General Create a DWORD value named SuppressUppercaseConversion with value 1. NOTE: As explained in the answer pointed by Yahoo Serious, the VisualStudio part on the registry key name should be changed … Read more
Restoring Nuget References?
Try re-installing the packages. In the NuGet Package Manager Console enter the following command: Update-Package -Reinstall -ProjectName Your.Project.Name If you want to re-install packages and restore references for the whole solution omit the -ProjectName parameter.