I found the NPM Task Runner extension in the Visual Studio Marketplace that fixed my problem. After installing it, the package.json file showed up in Task Runner Explorer. Also, don’t forget to set your system path to be the top priority for the External Web Tools by going into Options > External Web Tools and … Read more
I was able to solve this issue doing the following: 1- Go to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv and double click on directory config and accept the warning message. 2- Go to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config directory and double click on directory Export and accept the warning message. Then you will be able to run the app in your local IIS without … Read more
I am not entirely clear on whether your issue is installing the C++ tools for Windows XP or modifying your project/solution to target that platform. Either way, the following link should help you out. Here is a summary on how to install the toolset: Bring up the Visual Studio installer (Tools -> Get Tools and … Read more
I finally managed to make it work, using PuTTY’s Pageant authentication agent instead of ssh-agent, and following the steps mentioned here (it’s for Visual Studio Code, but works for Visual Studio 2017 and I guess it should work for any application that uses the “official” Git for Windows). Since I already had Pageant installed and … Read more
I have now changed my project file again, so it now reads: <Project Sdk=”Microsoft.NET.Sdk”> <PropertyGroup> <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework> <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild> <Authors>Nikki Locke</Authors> <Company>Trumphurst Ltd</Company> <Description>Easy to use web server for building web apps that use sql databases generated from c# classes</Description> <Copyright>2017 Trumphurst Ltd.</Copyright> <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/nikkilocke/CodeFirstWebFramework</PackageProjectUrl> <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/nikkilocke/CodeFirstWebFramework</RepositoryUrl> <RepositoryType>Github</RepositoryType> <PackageTags>C# SQL Code First Web Server</PackageTags> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include=”Markdig” Version=”0.12.1″ … Read more
The initial solution I found was to reinstall Visual Studio but felt that it might be unnecessary. The solution I found was to close down Visual Studio, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer and rename the folder “Installer” to something else, then run vs_installer.exe from the renamed folder. Hope that helps someone.
UPD 2024: standalone nuget commands replaced with dotnet nuget CLI. The information provided is relevant for VS2022 and .NET 8. Cache locations Solution-local packages folders are no longer used by .NET Core and Visual Studio. The command to list user-specific folders is: dotnet nuget locals all –list And its typical output (I’ve replaced absolute paths … Read more
I had a similar issue (with the additional message The “BuildShadowTask” task failed unexpectedly) with a project originally developed with VS2010, and got to spend the last few hours learning about yet another legacy facet of the build process. There is a good chance that you are dealing with private accessor files (.accessor), which were … Read more
In my case I had an erroneous reference in Dependencies > Packages to Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets Removing the reference fixed the error.
Nuget packages Microsoft.Net.Compilers nuget package does not work and needn’t to be installed. Set the following project/build settings Set at least C# 7.1 or higher in the Debug and Release build properties. (via: Project menu > [ProjectName] Properties > Build tab > [Advanced] button > Language Version). Setting it to latest does not work. Also … Read more