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Visual Studio 2015 is the version of Microsoft's Visual Studio product suite which follows 2013 version (also known as "Dev14", includes C++ compiler version 19.0). Use this tag if you have a specific question about Visual Studio 2015 features and functionality, not just a question reading your code.

The version of Visual Studio which follows . The Release to Market (RTM) version of Visual Studio 2015 has been made available from July 20th 2015.

Visual Studio 2015 includes a variety of improvements, including better use of the Roslyn compiler tools, simplified community versions and plugin support for the community edition, better cross-platform development support and an improved debugger1.

Visual Studio is followed by , which was released on March 7th 2017

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How to show a specific hint within Visual Studio

I'm currently working on improving my coding sensation so I've started adding some extension methods to the types I'm using. I figured out, that I'm doing the same action quite often always with the same attributes. I want to show this hint when…
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Convert/downgrade visual studio 2015 solution file to 2013

How can I downgrade a Visual Studio 2015 solution file to the 2013 solution file that opens natively in Windows? Or, how can I get the Visual Studio Version selector to open the 2015 solution file after I would have uninstalled 2015 RC?
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Generating SQLite Database from Model at VS 2015 & EF7

I'm trying to make Windows Presentation Foundation application, utilizing Entity Framework 7 & SQLite Database File. I've made *.edmx model, but when trying to generate model i can't make SQLite Connection. Tried everything from…
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No Frameworks in Visual Studio 2015 RC

I installed Visual Studio 2015 Professional RC, but when I go to create a new project, no frameworks are selectable for the project. I have tried the following and restarted after each change: Changed Environment Variables for TEMP and TMP to…
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WebMatrix 3 does not support IIS Express 10

I am facing a problem while trying to install WebMatrix 3 over Windows 10 after installing Visual Studio 2015 (IIS Express 10) due to the below mentioned error. Although it worth mention that I tried to install the older version of IIS on Windows…
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Static constructor not working for structs

Env.: C#6, Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 Given the following example: namespace StaticCTOR { struct SavingsAccount { // static members public static double currInterestRate = 0.04; static SavingsAccount() { …
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VS 2015 SQLite data provider

I'm using VS 2015 and i want to develop Win Form application with .NET Framework 4.5 and SQLite. I have install the last "System.Data.SQLite" nuget package with all dependencies to my project but I couldn't find the SQLite data provider when I was…
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VsDevCmd vs VsMSBuildCmd

What's the difference between VsDevCmd.bat and VsMSBuildCmd.bat in Visual Studio 2015 (CTP 5)? Both located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools aka VS140COMNTOOLS.
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Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015

Can I start building Windows 10 apps on the preview version with Visual Studio 2015 preview? Or at least start tinkering and testing?
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Visual Studio 2015 does not display Errors List window

I'm running Visual Studio 2015 Preview on my machine, and no matter what I try I cannot view the "Errors List" window. I have done the following to try to make the window open: Try to open the window from the "View" menu Build a project with…
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How can i add local dll at the asp.net 5 project

I am trying to make an ASP.NET 5 site use visual studio 2015 preview, and i want to add dll at local file system to the ASP.NET 5 project. But i can't find this option, Is it no longer possible to add local dll? If yes, why?
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'TypeInfo(char *)' isn't defined but worked pre-C++11; what changed, and how can I fix the error?

I am trying to build a DLL from source-code from the Crysis Wars SDK, and have successfully done so in the past on previous versions of Visual Studio (namely 2005, 2008, and 2010). My specific problem is this: Error 4 error LNK2019: unresolved…
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Stop displaying "Unsupported .vdproj" warning

I am working on an older project that contains .vdproj installer projects and am using Visual Studio 2013. The problem is that for every .vdproj project I receive a warning – thus, after opening the solution, I have to close about 50 warnings. Is…
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.dwproj cannot be opened because its project type (.dwproj) is not supported by this version of the application

When i try to open the SSAS project file, visual studio 2015 throw the following exception: 'projectfile.dwproj` cannot be opened because its project type (.dwproj) is not supported by this version of the application. To open it, please use a…
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Object reference exception when drag and dropping from toolbox to Windows Forms designer

When dragging a control from the toolbox and dropping it in the Windows Forms designer, a message box appears with the message Object reference not set to an instance of an object. After closing the message box, I can drop the control on the form…
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