I am pretty sure I installed VS 2012 Express on my new laptop a month ago. I even posted on Facebook about how I didn't like the default themes because the window borders were too light in color.
Now, I can't seem to find the VS 2012 Express installation. Where should I look?
I've looked for devenv.exe or any exe under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common\IDE and in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common\IDE.
Okay, I found it. The exe name is VWDExpress.exe and it is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common\IDE
If you are using the Ultimate version go to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE
and look for "devenv" with visualStudio Icon .
I had the same problem. I found it in
Local Disk > Program Files 86 > Common7 > IDE > WDExpress
It wasn't an .exe when I found it, it was an application that I launched.
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I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and I was unable to debug a web site in Visual Studio 2005. I got the error: unable to connect to visual studio's localhost web server. I don't know if the upgrade caused it to break, but this was previously working.
To resolve this I ran process monitor on devenv.exe to see which calls ended in not SUCCESS. Turns out, my Visual Studio 2005 installation was looking for WebDev.WebServer.exe to be located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE
Whereas it was missing. I copied it over from here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DevServer\9.0
And it seems to work.
Across the internet other answers will tell you it needs to be in the .NET framework folder, but I found that in my case it needed to be in the Visual Studio 8 folder.
Copy WebDev.WebServer.EXE from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\9.0" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE" will resolve this.
I just installed it but I don't know where it is. Can anyone help me? I've looked in a lot of places but I still don't know.
Look for devenv.exe, it should be at:
Visual Studio Community 2015
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE
Visual Studio Community 2017
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE
Visual Studio Professional 2017
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE
For VS2019 it's now at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
I would say instead of looking at a predefined location for the installation which might change in future what you should do is as follows -
Search for visual studio in apps search
Right click and select "Open file location"
Once you have this shortcut, Right click on it and select and open properties and see the target field. This is your executable path.
For me it is -
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
Due to this link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/compiler-options/how-to-set-environment-variables-for-the-visual-studio-command-line
Visual Studio location could be
\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Version\Offering or
\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Version\Offering
where Offering is one of Enterprise, Professional or Community, Version is 2019, etc
For VS 2022 it's now at (Program Files not Program Files x86):
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE
For VS 2020
"C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
I am using Visual Studio 2012 (Update 5) with MS Window Kits 8.0 and .NET Framework 4.5.51209. Recently, I also installed MS Window Kits 8.1.
Now, I have a file: '\windows kits\8.0\include\shared\iprtrmib.h' that failes to include 'mprapidef.h'.
That include file only exists at: '\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\shared\mprapidef.h', which is not in my include path.
My Visual Studio 'Include Directories' is set to: "$(VCInstallDir)include;$(VCInstallDir)atlmfc\include;$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);".
These are my Visual Studio macros:
VCInstallDir: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\
WindowsSDK_IncludePath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\winrt
When searching, I found a slightly similar question: missing header file on a new installation of visual studio 2012
I tried repairing my Visual Studio installation. I do not want to change the 'Include Directories' for each of my projects. What else should I try?
I installed vs2015 and vs2012, then the same problem occurs,however, I find a solution.
open visual studio project settings,click VC++ Directories, find Include Directories,add the following line to it.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\shared
One may add the corresponding 8.1 paths to the environment variable.
Maybe it's necessary to do the same thing with the lib environment variable (WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x86).
I'm trying to make a universal Windows App with WinJS. I've downloaded the latest update to VS2013. The RC version. I've installed all the SDKs I can find. I've installed the WinLibJS_VSE.exe extension, as well. Funny thing about that one is that VS updates keeps saying that I didn't...
When I open up any of the sample universal WinJS apps - like the ones here http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/Universal-Windows-app-cb3248c3 - I always end up with this error:
Could not find SDK "Microsoft.Phone.WinJS.2.1, Version=1.0". C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets
I tried finding this SDK on my machine, but I'm not finding it at all. Nor am I finding it online. I copied some SDKs from C:\Program Files (x86) into C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs to no avail.
Any ideas?
The Windows Phone SDK should have been installed when you installed the Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Update 2 RC.
The files should be located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\WindowsPhoneApp\v8.1\ExtensionSDKs\Microsoft.Phone.WinJS.2.1\1.0\DesignTime\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Microsoft.Phone.WinJS.2.1\js
When you create a C# project, is it a Silverlight project or a Windows Runtime project?
Okay, I've been talking to the Visual Studio team about this.
Did you happen to install the "Visual Studio 2013 Extensions for the Windows Library for JavaScript"?
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40793
(In the Programs and Features list, it will appear as "Visual Studio Extension for Windows Library for JavaScript".)
If so, you'll need to uninstall it. The order for uninstall is:
Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio Update 2 RC
"Visual Studio Extension for the Windows Library for JavaScript"
After the uninstall, reinstall in this order:
Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio Update 2 RC
Of course, all of this assumes that you've already upgraded your development environment to Windows 8.1. These projects will only work on a Windows 8.1 machine.
I hope that this helps. If not, we can try something else.
The final release of Visual Studio seems to have resolved this issue.
http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs
I had the same problem and I tried all above none of them work. However the following worked for me:
1-) Uninstall Visual Studio extensions for Javascript
2-) Uninstall visual studio 2013
3-) Install visual studio 2013 with Update 2 RC from the following link (it is VS + update 2 bundled)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=42303
Above link is for Premium edition. Find the relevant link accoringly.
P.S It is quite lame that when you uninstall Visual studio , it doesn't uninstall some of its addins. And you have lot of remaining artifacts :(
Andy (and potentially others running into this issue)....
We are currently investigating into this issue to understand the root cause. If this issue is blocking you from development, the recommendation is to perform the following steps "carefully". If these steps do not help, then please let us know!
Uninstall Visual Studio 2013 from Programs and Features
Reboot machine if prompted
Delete or rename these folders-
I. \Documents\Visual Studio 2013
II. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0
III. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0
IV. \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0
V. \AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0
VI. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0
VII. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\8.1
VIII. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\
IX. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\WindowsPhoneAppx\
X. C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Phone Silverlight Kits
XI. C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Phone Kits
XII. C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\WindowsPhone
XIII. C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\WindowsPhoneAppx
XIV. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Phone Tools
Go to the registry editor (start >> run >> regedit) and remove/rename the following registries-
I. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0
II. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0
III. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0
IV. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0_Config
Download the .iso image of Visual Studio 2013 preferably using the relevant MSDN account
Extract the .iso file by using an extraction tool, such as WinRar (http://www.rarlab.com/rar/winrar-x64-401.exe) remember to associate .iso extension with WinRar during its setup
Install Visual Studio 2013 using this extracted setup
Install the Visual Studio Update 2 RC from here: _http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42307
Check if the templates are appearing
You can then install the Windows Phone standalone SDK from here: _https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk or through the Visual Studio extensions.
I have installed Visual Basic PowerPacks 10.0. It appears as a Clickonce Prerequisite in Visual Studio 2010 but in Visual Studio 2013 Professional It has the yellow triangle next to it and an error is generated when I build my project.
Any help appreciated.
I found a work around. I went to the bootstrapper directory located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\
Visual Studio 2013 looks here for the bootstrapper packages: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\Bootstrapper\Packages\
Inside C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\Bootstrapper\ I found the VBPowerPacks folder and copied it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\Bootstrapper\Packages\
Not sure why VBPowerPacks does not automatically install in all Bootstrapper folders. That would have saved me a great deal of time.