We cannot directly upgrade VS 2017 to VS 2019. They are compatible and work side by side though (like the following). Please download and install VS 2019 from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes
I did a ‘devenv /setup’ and that fixed it. Detail Exit Visual Studio Click Start Type cmd, right click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator Navigate to the appropriate Visual Studio folder VS2012: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE VS2015: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE VS2017: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\<Edition>\Common7\IDE VS2019: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\<Edition>\Common7\IDE … Read more
I had the same issue. I ran Program.cs file from the command line and the error message was different. So, apparently, I didn’t have the appropriate .NET Core runtime installed. You can download it by the following link – https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
The accepted answer is five years old, and the respective extension supports only up to Visual Studio 2015. Today, for Visual Studio 2019 and below, I would recommend Markdown Editor by Mads Kristensen. It has over 400K installs, supports GitHub and other flavors, live preview window, automatic HTML file generation, and much more. Works with … Read more
If the branch has been deleted on the server side, try in command line (since such a “button” doesn’t seem to exist directly in Visual Studio): git remote prune origin –dry-run (remove the –dry-run option to actually delete the local branches) Delete the corresponding local branch as well git branch -d aBranch. Then restart your … Read more
There is an option in Tools -> Options that enables preview versions of the .NET Core SDK. In the VS Preview shipping channel, it is on (by default, and not settable). In the VS Release channel, it defaults to off and you can opt-in. (Note: it’s disabled in the screenshot because I have a Preview … Read more
This was a feature in VS15 and VS13. Actually it was not. It is a feature of the Productivity Power Tools extension. That extension is now just an installer for separate single feature extensions. I think you’ll be wanting Match Margin. For Visual Studio 2022 Match Margin is also available.
I was running in to the same issue, but have just managed a full uninstall by means of trusty old CMD: D:\vs_ultimate.exe /uninstall /force Where D: is the location of your installation media (mounted iso, etc). You could also pass /passive (no user input required – just progress displayed) or /quiet to the above command … 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
I don’t know if there is a menu option, but there are keyboard shortcuts to set the zoom level. ctrl+shift+. to Zoom In ctrl+shift+, to Zoom Out