I am posting as an answer here from @magicandre1981 comments above, so I can close the question. Windows SDK 10.0.26624 is the SDK for the first Build 10240 from Summer 2015. Windows SDK 10.1.10586.15 is the SDK for the November 2015 Update 1511. I ended up uninstalling both versions and letting Visual Studio install the … Read more
It happened to me when my LocalDB got updated (probably by Visual Studio installer) I’ve recreated the instance using the following steps in PowerShell console: λ SqlLocalDB delete MSSQLLocalDB LocalDB instance “MSSQLLocalDB” deleted. λ SqlLocalDB create MSSQLLocalDB LocalDB instance “MSSQLLocalDB” created with version 13.1.4001.0. λ SqlLocalDB start MSSQLLocalDB LocalDB instance “MSSQLLocalDB” started.
The light bulb seems to be driven of an Analyzer. these can be manipulated via a Code Analysis Ruleset. In project properties select the Code Analysis tab – Then open and edit a Ruleset, these are under the Analyzers Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Features , Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp and Mirosoft.Analyzers.NativeCodeAnalysis: Managed Binary Analysis seems to be FxCop / Code Analysis which … Read more
There’s one more possible culprit (at least in Visual Studio 2017). If none of the solutions work (like for me). You should go to: Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> General and turn off the Enable mouse click to perform Go To Definition or change the modifier key to something else.
I had this same problem. The Community Edition is free, but you have to sign into your Microsoft account to use it more than 30 days. Go to “https://account.microsoft.com/about” and signup for an account. It’s free. When you complete the process, you can sign into Visual Studio using the same email address.
I had the same situation with 2 projects. Visual Studio 2015 correctly assigned differing URL port numbers for HTTP but mapped both projects to 44300 for HTTPS. AFAIK the applicationhost.config in .vs\config seems to define the IIS Express environment and tell IIS Express how to behave when invoked. This information doesn’t feedback into Visual Studio. … Read more
Edit: The old answer below worked for me once but was intermittent on subsequent occasions. I then noticed that I was actually getting an error displayed in the bottom left hand corner of Visual Studio: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041FE2 The tab has been closed. Searching on the above returned this article: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/827417/vs-express-2013-cannot-reopen-any-open-file-tabs-and-silently-closes-them-on-selection So I closed … Read more
Go into Programs and Features and repair the installation of Visual Studio 2015. After the installation is repaired you should be able to open the program successfully. I had this same issue today and these steps worked for me.
Run the installer from command line with argument /CustomInstallPath InstallationDirectory See more command-line parameters and other installation information. Note: this won’t change location of all files, but only of those which can be (by design) installed onto different location. Be warned that there is many shared components which will be installed into shared repositories on … Read more
Probably the reason for this is that your Build and Deploy configurations aren’t enabled. To enable these configurations. Do these steps: Step 1: Open the Configuration Manager by clicking the active solution configuration. The default is <Debug>: Step 2: Enable the Build and Deploy configurations by checking the boxes for Any CPU. After this, you … Read more