How to set up Internet Explorer to debug with Microsoft Visual Studio
When you debug your Visual Studio web application you want to start and stop Internet Explorer automatically when you start and stop the debugging session. With the default settings Internet Explorer starts automatically when you start debugging, but it…
How to exclude a project folder from the Subversion database
If you added the AnkhSVN – Subversion Support for Visual Studio from http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/ you can easily version your files as you develop them. In your application there could be projects or folders that you don’t want to include…
New files are not displayed when I click the “Add Items to Folder” button in the Source Control Explorer of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
To add items to source control in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 open the Source Control Explorer and click the “Add Items to Folder” button on the tool bar. If a folder is selected Visual Studio does not display the new files in the current…
Convert Microsoft Visual Studio applications to version 2012
When Microsoft releases a new version of Visual Studio developers would like to use the new features of the new IDE. Usually the new version of Visual Studio converts the solution and project files to a new format to be able to save the new settings of…
Microsoft Visual Studio solution folder structure for easy conversion to the new version of the IDE
Microsoft releases a new version of Visual Studio every 2-3 years, but most of the enterprise applications have to be operational for years. Many companies developed applications in earlier versions of Microsoft Visual Studio ( VS 2003, VS 2005, VS…
Multiple setup projects in a Microsoft Visual Studio solution
Sometimes it makes sense the create multiple setup projects in a Microsoft Visual Studio solution if you use the same projects, but you want to create separate MSI files for slightly different functionality. An example would be the processing of audio…
Yellow exclamation point next to a project reference in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 after conversion to a newer version of the IDE
When you convert a solution to a new version of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE you can see yellow exclamation points next to some project references. When you build the solution you also get errors like the following: Error, The type or namespace name…
How to handle “The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match…” warning message in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match the .NET Framework launch condition version ‘.NET Framework 4 Client…
How to solve “The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match…” warning in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match the selected .NET Framework bootstrapper package.…
How to fix “The OutputPath property is not set for project…” error in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build your Visual Studio solution you get the following error message: The OutputPath property is not set for project ‘XYZ.csproj’. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform…