Trying to open th solution on VS2k8 PRO and says:
The project file - ...path\ActiveRecord.csproj cannot be opened
The project type is not supported by this installation
The project file - ...path\SimpleRepo.csproj cannot be opened
The project type is not supported by this installation
Can you help me?
It sounds like you don't have c# and/or web application projects installed as part of visual studio. Can you create c#/web application projects?
EDIT: You also need VS sp1 and asp.net mvc installed to open the examples
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Hi I have a hopefully simple issue. When I try to open an existing Qt project file in Visual Studio 2019 by going to Extensions -> Qt VS Tools -> Open Qt Project File then selecting the project I get the error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I have set the Qt version properly I think as in the screenshot. Any idea what might be wrong? There is a bin folder in the Qt install folder which contains qmake.exe and everything else but using that folder doesn't fix anything. One possibly important detail is that the Qt project points to files located on a mapped drive for a network share. Qt Creator opens the project just fine. Thanks!
finally I found the solution:
open the project settings file yourproject.vcxprj with a test editor
find the property group "globals"
<PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
<ProjectGuid>{AAAA-AAA-AAAAA-AAAA}</ProjectGuid>
<Keyword>QtVS_v302</Keyword>
Change the Keyword property to "QtVS_v302" as above.
Open the solution with Visual Studio and now QT Tools should work
In my case keywork was "Qt4VSv1.0" that probably was the setting of an old version of QT Tools that now is obsolete.
I wanted to post this as a comment rather than another answer, but the reputation system blocked me.
Mattia's answer solved the issue for me but I needed to use QtVS_v304 rather than QtVS_v302. It seems that Qt has created another project format.
I'm trying to use the new Library Manager (LibMan) feature in Visual Studio 2017 (I'm using Version 15.7.1) but it is not appearing on either the project context menu or the Project menu.
I have tried various web projects but I can't see it for any of them. The only project type I haven't tried is ASP.NET Core 2.1 (I don't have the preview installed) but I can't find any docs that say it only works with ASP.NET Core 2.1
Here is a screenshot to prove it's not there:
had the same issue. I found the answer two it on another site, but for the life of me cannot find it for reference right now. The easiest thing to do is to build it yourself and install it. Works perfectly fine, I did it and now have the Manage Client Side libraries showing up.
Clone / download the Library Manager from GitHub. (https://github.com/aspnet/LibraryManager/)
Build it in Visual Studio 2017
Run the .Vsix installer
Begin to use the Manage Client Side Libraries from the context menu or project menu.
Hope this helps.
For me, in VS 2022 the context menu option appears but the dialog doesn't show. I found out that instead of right-clicking on project item i have to right-click on wwwroot item and then the dialog is shown
Even though Visual Studio Community 15.7.5 references the "Library Manager" it looks like it is still in Preview and to be released with VS 15.8.
If you would like to use the Library Manager now it is fairly easy but there are a few work arounds right now to get it to install, probably a reason it is still in Preview.
Clone or Download the source code
Note: This requires the Visual Studio extension development Workload to be installed (Tools -> Get Tools and Features under "Other Toolsets").
According to this issue on GitHub it will not install, before compiling the Extension open the project file for the LibraryManager.Vsix project
[LibraryManagerDir]\src\LibraryManager.Vsix\Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Vsix.csproj
and update (line #30)
<IsProductComponent>false</IsProductComponent>
After 15.8 comes out this needs to be reset back to true to be able to install it.
Open the LibraryManager.sln and make sure to change the Configuration to Release and Build the Solution.
This will create a .vsix install file:
[LibraryManagerDir]\src\LibraryManager.Vsix\bin\Release\Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.vsix
Open Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.vsix to launch the Visual Studio Installer.
Then you will have the Add->Client Side Library in your Context Menu.
I recently updated visual studio 2015 and now, when i try to build any project it always fails and i get the error
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error MSB8036 The Windows SDK version 8.1 was not found. Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the
project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting
"Retarget solution". Proj D:\Program Files (x86)\visual studio
2017\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\v141\Toolset.targets 34
I retargeted the solution as it said, and the problem persisted, even though the retargetting was completed.I decided to install visual studio 2017 because of this, and, lo and behold, it did the exact same thing.I'm also using windows 7.
What is the problem and how can i fix it?
I faced this problem too. Re-ran the Visual Studio 2017 Installer, go to 'Individual Components' and select Windows 8.1 SDK. Go back to to the project > Right click and Re-target to match the SDK required as shown below:
I installed the 8.1 SDK's version:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
It used 1GB (a little more) in the installation.
Update October, 9 (2020). There's a https error: the sdksetup link is https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=323507
"Save link as" should help.
Another way (worked for 2015) is open "Install/remove programs" (Apps & features), find Visual Studio, select Modify. In opened window, press Modify, check
Languages -> Visual C++ -> Common tools for Visual C++
Windows and web development -> Tools for universal windows apps -> Tools (1.4.1)
and Windows 10 SDK ([version])
Windows and web development -> Tools for universal windows apps -> Windows 10 SDK ([version])
and install. Then right click on solution -> Re-target and it will compile
I had win10 SDK and I only had to do retarget and then I stopped getting this error. The idea was that the project needs to upgrade its target Windows SDK.
I realize this post is a few years old, but I just wanted to extend this to anyone still struggling through this issue.
The company I work for still uses VS2015 so in turn I still use VS2015. I recently started working on a RPC application using C++ and found the need to download the Win32 Templates. Like many others I was having this "SDK 8.1 was not found" issue. i took the following corrective actions with no luck.
I found the SDK through Micrsoft at the following link
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive/ as referenced
above and downloaded it.
I located my VS2015 install in Apps & Features and ran the repair.
I completely uninstalled my VS2015 and reinstalled it.
I attempted to manually point my console app "Executable" and "Include" directories to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Kits\8.1 and C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools.
None of the attempts above corrected the issue for me...
I then found this article on social MSDN https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/5287c51b-46d0-4a79-baad-ddde36af4885/visual-studio-cant-find-windows-81-sdk-when-trying-to-build-vs2015?forum=visualstudiogeneral
Finally what resolved the issue for me was:
Uninstalling and reinstalling VS2015.
Locating my installed "Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8.1" and running the repair.
Checked my "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Kits\8.1" to verify the "DesignTime" folder was in fact there.
Opened VS created a Win32 Console application and comiled with no errors or issues
I hope this saves anyone else from almost 3 full days of frustration and loss of productivity.
Grep the folder tree's *.vcxproj files. Replace <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>8.1</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion> with <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion> or whatever SDK version you get when you update one of the projects.
For me in the Project Properties Settings General->Target Platform -> Change Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 solved the issue
Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version
in the project property pages
or
by right-clicking the solution and selecting "Retarget solution"
If you do visual studio guide, you will resolve the problem.
I encountered this issue while trying to build an npm project. It was failing to install a node-sass package and this was the error it was printing. I solved it by setting my npm proxy correctly so that it could reach the npm repo
PROBLEM: I ONLY get this compile-time "Windows SDK version 8.1 not found" error ( and a few other very-hard-to-resolve-nuisance errors -- cannot list them all ) when I export a project from an old version of MS Visual Studio (VS) to the new MS VS (2017), using the new MS VS export/"One-way Upgrade" feature.
SOLUTION: I have since learned to not use this export/upgrade feature and instead just create the new project from scratch -- using all my old source files, of course. Only my project settings have to be rebuilt, to be clear.
This is a bit of a pain, and a shame the export/upgrade feature won't work properly like it used to, but this is is actually easier and faster in the long run. MUCH better than working through a list of spurious errors that really should not have arisen in the first place.
Hope this helps...
I try to ran a previous written MFC c++ code on my visual studio 2015 MFC with multitype MFC library installed.
However, I still have 12 errors here regarding missing function:
IntelliSense: cannot open source file "afxwin.h"
C1083 Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
cannot open source file "afxext.h"/"afxdisp.h"/"afxdtctl.h"/"afxcmn.h"/afxdisp.h etc....
Where can I get these head files?
Again, my set up is:
VIsual studio 2015 ultimate MFC
Multibyte MFC library installed
Windows 8 - 64 bit machine
Thanks!
I just fixed a similar problem. Here's how you can resolve this.
Go to your control panel
Navigate to uninstall/change a program.
Scroll down until you see your visual studio installation
Click change
Once the window pops up, click "Modify"
Under Programming Languages -> Visual C++
Make sure "Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++" is checked. If it isn't select it and click update.
For VS2019 the above solutions didn't worked for me.
I had to go to "Installer -> Individual Components -> "
and install the following to solve the issue:
"MSVC v141 – VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools (v14.16)"
"C++ MFC for v141 build tools (x86 & x64)"
"C++ ATL for v141 build tools (x86 & x64)"
For what it's worth. I was getting similar errors after a fresh installation of VS2017. I installed the C++ features from the main installer and created a new project with MFC checked. I assumed "Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++" was installed by this point, but I kept getting these errors. Furthermore, after saving and closing the solution for the first time, VS wouldn't load the project if I opened the solution from the recently used list because dependencies were missing.
What worked for me
I opened the solution file directly using VS2017. Finally, VS informed me that "Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++" was not installed and gave me the option to install it. I had previously looked through the installer features and could not find this option.
EDIT
Per Vladimir's comment below...
In 2017 Visual Studio Installer it ["Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++"] is under Modify / Individual Components / SDKs... / MFC and ATL support (x86 and x64)
IntelliSense stoped working. There is a window appears when I try to go to definition or when I create a project, with message:
An error occured while creating or opening the C++ browsing database file 'file path'. IntelliSense and browsing information will not be available for C++ projects.
Ensure that Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 is installed and that no other applications are accessing the file. If this problem persists, delete the file and reopen the solution.
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 is installed on my computer, and I tryed reinstall it and its different versions and service packs many-many times.
Also I've tryed to create a project on different local disks and use fallback location, but all this didn't help.
Maybe the problem will dissapear, when I will intall updates, but I can't! When I'm launching update setup, I getj an error: "Microsoft .NET Framework required for Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 setup". But I have latest version of Microsoft .NET Framework installed on my computer.
I have Windows 7 Professional with all latest updates installed.
Thank you for your answers.
Go to TOOLS / Options / Text Editor / C++ / Advanced / Always use fallback location = True.