Visual Studio 2013 Flexera customer community tab

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First of all, they took away the default setup project and give us a 3rd party tool to package ( maybe its a topic for a separate forum), but visual studio keeps opening a new tab with the flexera customer support page(with an irritating javascript error) whenever i have a 'error' in my code .

how can i disable this feature ?

I'd also love to get rid of this. We currently have 8 different setup projects in one solution. Building the solution causes 8 of these popups and javascript error dialogs. — Bradley Uffner, Feb 27 '14 at 15:59
So far, the only way I've found to avoid this is to fix the error. Not much of a "fix" though but it sure is annoying. — Kushan, Jul 25 '14 at 16:02

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '14 at 05:33

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As a workaround, you can go to Solution Properties -> Configuration Properties -> and uncheck the Build action for the setup Project (then close and reopen visual studio).

Later you reactivate it only when setup creation is required.

answered Mar 09 '14 at 05:33

Néstor Sánchez A.

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This is not a solution/answer, and the workaround is only useful for some users. I NEED my setup projects to build; I can't disable them in configuration properties or unload them. When I rebuild the solution, the rebuild SUCCEEDS, but this window pops up 7 times, and each time has a JavaScript error. I understand that there may not BE a solution (Flexera may not allow you to disable this tab), but that doesn't make this answer any more valid. – Nick Williams May 01 '14 at 15:53
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I've stated cleary that is a workaround. If the inquirer considered it as a valid answer is his choice, not my problem. – Néstor Sánchez A. May 05 '14 at 19:43
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Workaround or not, I found this helpful. To make it a little more manageable, I have one solution configuration that builds the setup project, while the rest do not. I only switch to that configuration when I need setup to build. That way, I don't have to reactivate it in the build configurations. – HotN Jun 02 '14 at 16:26
I also found that, even with this project removed from the build actions, it can be manually built by right-clicking it & choosing build. Not great, but is much more preferable than having the browser tab constantly popping up inside VS. – Carl Heinrich Hancke Jul 15 '15 at 12:40

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '14 at 08:32

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Another workaround. Right-click on setup project and choose Unload Project. When you want to build setup again, use Reload Project.

answered Nov 24 '14 at 08:32

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 09 '14 at 00:48

Not a solution, but another workaround. Edit your hosts file and point that website to localhost. Gets rid of the popups, but not the extra tab in Visual Studio.

1) Run this:

notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

2) Add this text and save the file:

# To get rid of the annoying javascript error popups in Visual Studio
# Example problem URL: http://flexerasoftware.force.com/SupportKBList?searchString=-1014
127.0.0.1   flexerasoftware.force.com

3) Run this:

ipconfig /flushdns

4) Close re-open Visual Studio.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 07 '15 at 14:34

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My favorite workaround (10 seconds but must be re-done after each VS2013 restart):

1) Right click the tab and click [Float]

2) Minimize the window and put it in an unused corner of VS 2013

answered Sep 07 '15 at 14:34

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Visual Studio 2013 Flexera customer community tab

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