I was misled by the C++ “Empty Project” or “Makefile Project”. I cant create new folder there. Here are three steps to add an empty C# project: 1) Create the project. (Add > New Project > Visual C# > Windows > Empty Project) 2) Exclude it from build. (Build > Configuration Manager, uncheck Build on … Read more
The process is as follows for Visual Studio 2010 and above (but should be similar for previous versions): On the menubar go to: ‘Tools’ –> ‘Options’ Go to ‘Project and Solutions’ –> ‘Build and Run’ There you can find a combobox under the label ‘On run, when build or deployment errors occur…’. Select an appropriate … Read more
You need to install the latest preview of Visual Studio 2019 16.8, refer to https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-net-5-preview-1/ You also need to explicitly enable preview versions within Visual Studio itself: Then you should see it:
My Solution: Toggle the CodeLens feature off and then on again. Note: Many have found the feature to be turned off after an update so you just need to turn it back on. Thanks to @razblack for calling this out. Don’t forget to give his comment an upvote if this was your issue! Go into … Read more
Selecting all the text you wish to format and pressing CtrlK, CtrlF shortcut applies the indenting and space formatting. As specified in the Formatting pane (of the language being used) in the Text Editor section of the Options dialog. See VS Shortcuts for more.
Visual Studio Extensions can be debugged like any other application. You just need to setup the debug experience to launch devenv with the loaded extension. Try the following Right click on the project and select Properties Go to the Debug Tab Click on the radio button for Start External Program. Point it to the devenv.exe … Read more
Here the approach is described with pictures: https://sites.google.com/site/pinyotae/Home/visual-studio-visual-c/create-user-defined-environment-variables-macros In Visual Studio you need to: Click in the main menu “View”, then “Property Manager” Right-click in the empty space of “Property Manager” window and in the pop-up menu click “Add New Project Property Sheet” After adding the property sheet, double click it in the Property Manager … Read more
In the Find in Files dialog (Ctrl+Shift+F), there should be a field called Find Options. You should be able to enter the extensions of fields you want to search in a field in this dialog: *.cs; *.aspx; *.ascx;
Check registry fixes in this thread. That helped me. To make sure it won’t disappear I’m copying the solution from Martin Rosselle here: Please check if the following registry key is ok. Fixing this solved the issue for me. Copy the text below and save it as .reg file. Go to regedit.exe and import saved … Read more
Close all instances of Visual Studio Right click on the Visual Studio icon in your task bar Right click on Visual Studio and click Properties Click open File Location button Right-click devenv.exe file in that folder appears Select Troubleshoot compatibility Select Troubleshoot program Select The program requires additional permissions Click Test the program and wait … Read more