I'm going to install Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
Firstly, I downloaded mu_visual_studio_2013_update_5_x86_dvd_6815499.iso file in Microsoft's Visual Studio Subscriptions site, and open it.
There are a file and a folder.
file: VS2013.5.exe
folder: packages
When run VS2013.5, it says "This installation will update all the Visual Studio 2013 products and languages which are currently installed. When complete, this update will use up to 4MB of disk space.", even I haven't installed VS2013 on my computer.
I checked registry, and there is no "12.0" prefixed folder or file in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\DevDiv\VisualStudio and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\DevDiv\VC.
Any helps?
I should have downloaded Visual Studio Express 2013 Windows with Update 5, not Visual Studio 2013 Update 5(I think this has only updated files, not full package).
Inside the right downloaded foler,
file: wdexpress_full.exe
folder: packages
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My csproj files import Microsoft.Common.props, but this file does not exist on my build server.
The build server does not have Visual Studio 2015 installed (and I like it this way), but we did install the 2015 build tool chain. The file is not there.
What else is missing to install? Google seems to be helpless here.
What should I install, except Visual Studio itself, for Microsoft.Common.props to appear under c:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\?
AFAIK, you have to install the Visual Studio 2015, if you need the import file Microsoft.Common.props. Or you can just copy this file from the machine which have installed the Visual Studio 2015.
If you do not want to install the Visual Studio 2015 on your build server, I would like suggest you can upgrade your project to Visual Studio 2017, then you can use the Visual Studio Installer, which you can see new experience:
The smallest install is just a few hundred megabytes, yet still contains basic code editing support for more than twenty languages including source code control. Most users will want to install more. You can add one or more 'workloads' that represent common frameworks, languages, and platforms instead of entire Visual Studio.
Check more info Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0.
I was trying to update VS 2017 to 15.6.2 version. As usual VS asked me to update the Installer. But the Installer updating failed and now, when I try to launch the VS updating again, I get this error message:
Error loading vs_installershell.exe: No signature was present in the subject.
Anyone has ever seen this before? Any help will be appreciated.
Microsoft recommends the following procedure in this case:
Close the Visual Studio Installer.
Delete the Visual Studio Installer directory. Typically, the directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer.
Run the Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper. You may find the bootstrapper in your Downloads folder with a file name that follows a vs_[Visual Studio edition]__*.exe pattern. If you don't find that application, you can download the bootstrapper by going to the Visual Studio downloads page and clicking Download for your edition of Visual Studio. Run the executable to reset your installation metadata.
Try to install or update Visual Studio again. If the Installer continues to fail, go to the next step.
There is also a bit of warning:
Performing the following actions reinstalls the Visual Studio Installer files and resets the installation metadata.
But in the end, it reinstalls the VS Updater.
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/troubleshooting-installation-issues
I have installed VS 2017 enterprise... I tried to open a SharePoint solution and is says I need to update Office Developer Tools... when I try to update by clicking the button I get an error that 2015 community edition or greater needs to be installed. I have 2017?
Any ideas on how to get rid of the error so I can open my project?
I was having the same issue and found the answer in this blog post. The problem was that my .csproj files contained the line:
<MinimumOfficeToolsVersion>14.6</MinimumOfficeToolsVersion>
Once I removed this line, I was able to load the project files properly.
If you're still having problems opening the project, be sure Visual Studio Tools for Office are installed for Visual Studio 2017. You can install them by opening Visual Studio Installer, modifying your installation, checking "Office/SharePoint Development" and then being sure "Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)" is selected under "Optional" on the right:
I have my visual studio 2013 ultimate installed on my local machine.Now , to use the latest AspNet Identity 2.0, i am recommended to use 2013 update 2 or higher.
So, I go to microsoft website and starts downloading.First, it downloaded the small 1.8mb .exe file on my machine.
when i run this .exe file, it starts downloading 8GB visual studio from msdn website.
I just want to know if i have with myself, visual studio 2013 ultimate so to upgrade it , i have to download whole 8 gb file or is there any more update button in visual studio from where i can download only upgrade not the whole visual studio again from the starting.
I installed Visual Studio 2008 package FULL option. It worked with out any problem. I installed Vstudio 2008 and MSDN in separate folder in the D drive. 2 days later in order to remove my projects i uninstalled every thing and also i deleted visual studio 2008, visual studio 2005 folders from C:\Documents and Settings\IRCTC\My Documents. (I believe these 2 folders were automatically created when we install visual studio) also I cleared %path% and path (c/windows/path). Again I installed VISUAL STUDIO 2008 but now I can't able to create window application (other web, vb also), what is the solution for this ...
ERROR that shown is
c:/documents and settings/IRCTC/local settings/temp/g1zzsdl.bak/temp/windowsFormsApplication.csproj cannot be opened because project type (.csproj) is not supported by this version of visual studio.......
Whether any system file corrupted (windows temp or .net folber in windows).....
No other installation problem found in my system.....
please help.....
What are the files/folders required for the installation......
When you get that error is usually because:
You are trying to open a project created with a previous version of Visual Studio (not your case)
There was a bit of a screw-up during the installation (sounds like your case)
I'd uninstall the thing and reinstall completely first thing.
If it still doesn't work, it could be related to VS templates and you might wanna try and run from Visual Studio 2008 command prompt:
devenv /InstallVSTemplates
If it still doesn't work, open Visual Studio, in the menu, Open Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->General. At this point you will notice the path of Project Templates is set to "C:\Documents and Settings[yourUserName]\My Documents\Visual Studio 9\Templates\ProjectTemplates" or something very similar to that. In order to fix it you gotta set that path to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\Project Templates or the same path according to wherever you installed Visual Studio
I don't think is related to VS project Templates though - see this link
Try and see what happens!
Why didn't you use visual studio's uninstall function available from the control panel|add/remove programs?
I would uninstall the latest installation as described above, and try again.