"There are no property pages for the selection" error in Visual Studio

Question

When I go to edit a properties page in Visual Studio 2015 with C++, I'm always getting the error, "There are no property pages for the selection." This usually happens when I'm switching from one Platform to another (e.g. x64 -> Win32).

Usually it will work if I switch the platform from the main window, but if I try to switch it in the Property Pages, I always get that error.

Thanks for the help.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 03:49

9

I think this is a bug that has been in Visual Studio since forever. Through experimentation I have discovered that you only hit this bug if you open the project properties by going to the Project menu and selecting <ProjectName> Properties.... Instead, if you open the Solution Explorer toolbar, and then right-click on the project and select Properties from the context menu, you will not hit this issue.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 03:49

TripShock

4,081
5
30
39

Thank you! It worked, I just wish I knew why it suddenly started acting like this in the first place. – Corune Mar 22 '16 at 04:01
4

For who else had this same problem and this answer didn't work. Check this [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36548857/project-properties-dont-open-there-are-no-property-pages-for-the-selection). – João Paulo Jul 25 '17 at 19:45
Worked for me with VS Community 2017 v15.7.3. Thanks! – brainplot Jun 03 '18 at 15:50
1

Just right-click the project, press `Unload Project`, then `Reload Project` and it started working for me. – helmesjo Jan 17 '20 at 15:53
@JoãoPaulo question worked for me. Thanks. – Sorry IwontTell Nov 28 '20 at 16:56
I solved the issue by closing all Visual studio windows and open the solution again(I had two Visual studio open for two separate solutions). – run run chicken Oct 06 '21 at 04:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '20 at 10:20

This problem seems to be linked between MSBuild tools and environment paths. On visual studio 2017 v15, after I had downloaded MSBuild tools it updated the VCTarget path to

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319

where it should actually point to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin

In my case changing the environment path wasn't working and eventually I had to manually update the VCTargets path from regedit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions

also make sure the priority of path you define in environment variable is correct.

"There are no property pages for the selection" error in Visual Studio

2 Answers2

Linked