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I downloaded the extension from here and when I doubleclicked on the vsix package nothnig happened.

I checked out the extension.manifest file in the package, and these are the supported version there:

<Installation>
  <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="11.0" />
  <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="12.0" />
  <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="14.0" />
</Installation>

When VS Community got out, you had to do this to get EF Power Tools to work, but SideWaffle uses the 2.0 manifest version and that doesn't work.

I tries adding Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community but that didn't work either. Any ideas on how to make this work?

GregoryHouseMD
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  • Community acts as Pro with regards to extensions. Any Pro extension should install on Community. Have you tried looking SideWaffle up in the extension gallery? – jessehouwing Dec 10 '15 at 21:08
  • The extension gallery took me to the Visual Studio Gallery site. I installed it using the Development Command Promt, have a look at my answer – GregoryHouseMD Dec 11 '15 at 10:24
  • Yes Pro should also install into Community edition as well. sidewaddle.com redirects to download bits from VS gallery. – Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Dec 12 '15 at 00:31

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No idea why it didn't install when I ran it, but I did find a workaround:

Open Developer Command Prompt for VS2015 and run VSIXInstaller {path to vsix file}

That did the trick.

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