I'm trying to open up Visual Studio in safe mode by typing in devenv /SafeMode in run however it only opens up the 2010 edition. How do I switch it so it opens the 2012 or 15 edition?
Use the full path to the corresponding Visual Studio executable. For VS 2012:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /SafeMode
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I am looking for Server Explorer in my visual studio 2017 in order to connect a database but I cannot find it. I saw some solution here on this site and I tried to perform them but I still can not find it. Can someone help me please.
Open up Visual Studio Command Prompt
Start -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 -> Visual Studio Tools -> Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt
Type in the command prompt:
devenv /resetsettings
or
devenv /setup
Reference:
https://forums.asp.net/t/1227004.aspx?Server+Explorer+not+showing+up+on+Visual+Studio
I have installed Visual Studio 2012 after I had already VS 2010.
All project files where changed to be opened with VS 2012.
When I try to change the default program (right click - open with ) I don't get VS 2010 as an optional program.
When I try to choose the devenv.exe file from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE as default program it still open VS 2012.
How can I set VS 2010 as my default IDE?
Today I selected "Work Items" as I have a million times before but this time I was met with this error along the top of my "Team Explorer" tab:
"Page [some long GUID] not found."
This also happened for "Pending changes".
To fix the issue simply run the below command in an elevated command prompt as detailed here.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
My understanding is this command forces the recreation (what Microsoft refers to as "merging") of current VS settings into what is apparently a corrupt settings cache. On the surface, this is similar to deleting the directory path C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\version and allowing visual studio to recreate it at launch. However, I prefer to not to delete this outright and instead rely on re-merge approach.
Recently I found this sometimes occurs when I launch several solutions at once (i.e. I have 1 or more Visual Studio instances loading a solution at the same time). I also have ReSharper, SQL Prompt, VSCommands and TFS Power Tools installed which I'm sure contribute to some degree.
UPDATE:
This fix should work for all versions of Visual Studio, however you will need to execute the command in the directory appropriate to your version. For example with Visual Studio 2015 the path would be:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
Version mappings for Visual Studio (original version mapping answer here):
Visual Studio 2005 = 8
Visual Studio 2008 = 9.0
Visual Studio 2010 = 10.0
Visual Studio 2012 = 11.0
Visual Studio 2013 = 12.0
Visual Studio 2015 = 14.0
Visual Studio 2017 = Path has changed to: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE"
Deleting all files in ComponentModelCache folder worked for me
For Visual Studio 2013:
"C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ComponentModelCache"
For Visual Studio 2015:
"C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache"
or
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
If you get this issue in VS2015 and running "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv" /setup doesn't fix you issue you can try the following:
Close all instances of VS
Delete all files in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv" /setup
This happend also with my installation of VS '13 when I installed VS '15.
Removing the files at
"C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ComponentModelCache"
did the job for me.
I encounter the same problem with you, and resolved by run the VS as administrator
Here are the steps I followed. Please make sure you follow them in correct sequence. These steps are for VS 2015. Use 12.0 (instead of 14.0) for VS 2013 and 10.0 for VS 2010
Close all instances of VS
Delete all files in C:\Users{UserName}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
Delete the folder C:\Users{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv" /setup in a command prompt as administrator
Will Programs in Visual Studio Premium Open in Visual Studio Express?
There are some project types that are not supported by Visual Studio Express. For example if you created a solution containing a unit test project in Visual Studio Ultimate you will not be able to open it in Visual Studio Express. Also make sure you check the Visual Studio Editions features comparison matrix.
After installing Visual Studio 2010 Premium and trying to start it, following error message pops up:
Program can't be started, ATL100.dll is missing. Reinstall program to solve the problem.
I searched for the ATL100.dll and found it in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\redist\ia64\Microsoft.VC100.ATL"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\redist\x64\Microsoft.VC100.ATL"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC100.ATL"
Copying the file to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE" also won't work.
Any tips how to fix this problem so i can start VS 2010 ?
If ATL stands for "Active Type Library" then it could be some helper DLL for it. Because ATL also is a COM based framework, it could be necessary to register the DLL. Copying would not work in that case.
regsvr32 ATl100.dll
Just a hint for the next time.
FYI,
I had same problem.I couldn't run both Visual Studio 2010 (SP1) and 2012 (U1) due to same error.
I could fix by just repair/reinstalling Visual Studio Service Pack 1.
Here are details.
Repair/Reinstall Visual Studio 2010 -> didn't help
Reinstall Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 -> fixed the problem of VS2010, but VS2012 still had problem
Reinstall Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 -> fixed the problem of VS2012
During no. 3, I couldn't see any GUI. So I just pressed enter key after launch the Update 1 setup.
It'works. I re-reinstalled it and deselected all C++ components during the installation.