visual studio installer not open
When I opened visual studio installer, it pop up a blank screen and never open. the error on the log file is "Exception occurred while trying to write telemetry session to the network."
Visual Studio Setup
MFC Edit control produces debug assert on first action
Windows 11, Visual Studio 17.13.3, C++, MFC, dialog app Question: In the dialog constructor, add code for an Edit Control to clear it and get a popup dialog stating: Debug Assertion Failed! Details I solicited Bing.com and ChatGPT (right name?) for…
Visual Studio Debugging
After VS2022 version 17.12.0 update Address Sanitizer no longer works for my C++ project
I've just updated visual studio to the version in the topic and the project which worked ok 5 minutes ago with Asan on (/fsanitize=address) now throws this error when starting the debugger: The procedure entry point __sanitizer_ignore_free_hook____dll…
Visual Studio
C++
Best Practices for Adding Class Libraries
Hello everyone and thanks for the help in advance. I need to understand the benefits of adding multiple projects to a Visual Studio solution. Previously, for example when I created a data access class library that would be reused in multiple solutions,…
Visual Studio Training
Visual Studio find text in code editor auto jumps from the current line to another one
Hello, Does someone knows how to fix an annoying behaviour in the code editor of Visual Studio.? I have a .cs file with 10 000 lines of code. I am positioned within the file to see the lines from 920 to 950 I am trying to find a specific text…
Visual Studio
C#
.NET Maui project won't start after upgrading visual studio 2022
I upgraded visual studio 2022 to 17.13.6 my .NET Maui project targeting .NET 8.0 builds with no errors and deploys successfully but does not start
Visual Studio Debugging
Addressing CVE-2025-0167 vulnerability - How to upgrade curl and libcurl 8.12.0
Hi team, please I need a step-by-step approach to upgrade curl and libcurl from 8.9.1.0 to 8.12.0. First I will like to understand what type of file should I download? I plan to install on several VMs. Thanks
Visual Studio Debugging
Error Loading OLE data connection components in Visual Studio 2022
I am getting this error when loading SSIS integration projects: Error loading 'FileImport.conmgr' : Unable to create the type with the name 'OLEDB'. I have loaded the OLE components I wrote out a better explanation 3 times, but your system wouldn't…
Visual Studio Setup
SSH into Mac with VS22 17.13.6 and Mac Sequoia 15.14.1 and Xcode 16.3
With the latest updates to MacOS and Xcode, I am unable to connect my .NET and Xamarin applications to a MacMini. I am getting SSH connection errors when trying to connect to a Mac. I have a second Mac with 15.13.1 and Xcode 16.2. I would think the issue…
Visual Studio Testing
In Visual Studio 2022 in Error list window errors are not displaying
Hello Team, Required help on resolving the issue which I'm currently facing. In my Visual Studio 2022, Errors are not showing even though the error count was showing in the Error list window, but when I click on the Errors it was not showing any error,…
.NET
Visual Studio
Does `vc_redist.x64.exe /install /passive` restart a user's system?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/redistributing-visual-cpp-files?view=msvc-170#command-line-options-for-the-redistributable-packages This example command installs the x64 Redistributable. It shows installation progress, but doesn't require…
Visual Studio Setup
Debugging typescript on Visual Studio
I'm trying to debug a Cloudflare worker typescript project on Visual Studio 2022, I did a post on developer community about the issues i'm experiencing. I'm cross posting it here in case someone has any types or suggestions in how i could solve any of…
Visual Studio Debugging
MS Visual C++ 2022 x64 14.40.33810 The Feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable
While trying to install a game the Visual C++ runtime fails to install and errors out. I see two versions installed on the computer but can't uninstall them. I tried install Visual Studio just to get the installcleanup.exe utility, ran that, and those…
Visual Studio
Hyperlinks Created in VSCode Not Opening in Chrome
There are issues with hyperlinks created in VSCode not displaying in the default browser, Chrome. Multiple URLs and browsers have been tested without success. The URL is correctly placed within the quotations of the href, but the hyperlink does not show…
Visual Studio Debugging
visual studio 2022
visual studio 2022 when creating a new uwp c# windows project no blank app option is shown
Visual Studio Training
How to troubleshoot memory allocation errors in Visual Studio Community 2022
A memory allocation error is encountered when using Visual Studio Community 2022, particularly during system shutdown or when pulling from GitHub. Assistance is needed to resolve this issue, which a local store indicated may be related to the software.
Visual Studio Debugging
Old VB.net project form won't load. WTF is "NuGet"?
I tried to load an "old" VB.Net project I wrote in 2023. The form/designer won't load. I can see the code, but not the form. When I try to load it, I get the message: "Loading Designer." but nothing ever loads. At the bottom of the…
Visual Studio Debugging


Issue: Cannot perform minimal layout download to retrieve software to update Visual Studio with Base\Target format.
Details: When running the minimalLayout.exe program like below MinimalLayout.exe generate --targetLocation c:\VSLayout\ --productIds Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise --baseVersion 17.12.5 --targetVersion 17.12.6 --languages en-US __I am…
Visual Studio Setup
Visual Studio IDE Designer support for .Net 7 End Date
Dear Engineer, Microsoft posted an article on 24th Oct 2024 about the Microsoft design-time support policy. I have apps that still use .Net 7 and which utilise older .Net 6 components (which are no longer supported as the company is no longer in…
Visual Studio Setup
Choosing the Right VS Code Extensions for Java Development with Ant Build
I have an existing Java project built using the Ant build engine. I see there are many extensions for VS Code that provide various levels of Java support. I saw one each from both Microsoft and Oracle. But do I need both or are they duplicates? Do…
Visual Studio Extensions

