Run the Visual Studio installer and double check the installed components. Make sure Web Developer is enabled (Web Developer should be part of the standard installation for VS 2010 Premium) and then hit OK. Once the installation has completed try installing the Silverlight SDK again.
It looks like the Visual Web Developer team solved the problem by adding HTML5 support themselves: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/11/18/html-5-intellisense-and-validation-schema-for-visual-studio-2008-and-visual-web-developer.aspx You all probably know that new HTML 5 standard is coming. We made a new intellisense schema that you can add to VS 2008 or VWD Express 2008 and get intellisense and validation on HTML 5 elements.
Found here: Update (based on comment from @Gone Coding): Suggestion: Back up your [page-name].aspx.designer.cs file(s) before making any of the changes described below. Within the Visual Studio: 1) Remove your aspx.designer.cs file 2) Right click on your aspx file and select “Convert to Web Application” or for VS2017 click on your aspx file and then … Read more
You should be able to choose the SQL Server Database file option to get the right kind of database (the system.data.SqlClient provider), and then manually correct the connection string to point to your db. I think the reasoning behind those db choices probably goes something like this: If you’re using the Express Edition, and you’re … Read more
I was having the same problem so I replaced <add name=”MovieDBContext” connectionString=”Data Source=|DataDirectory|Movies.sdf” providerName=”System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0″/> with the following <add name=”MovieDBContext” connectionString=”data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;database=Movies;User ID=sa;password=” providerName=”System.Data.SqlClient”/> And it worked enough to let me continue working. I too would also eventually learn how to make these kinds of applications work with mysql at some point, but for now … Read more
Closing IIS Express By default Visual Studio places the IISExpress icon in your system tray at the lower right hand side of your screen, by the clock. You can right click it and choose exit. If you don’t see the icon, try clicking the small arrow to view the full list of icons in the … Read more