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Visual Studio 2017 (aka Visual Studio "15", includes C++ compiler version 19.1) is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio. Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about this specific version.

Visual Studio 2017 is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio. Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio 2017 was released to market (RTM) on March 7th 2017.

Some Major Changes and improvements

  • Modular installation of the IDE
  • Enhanced Performance on opening a solution
  • Extended support for new and Visual Basic 15 language features
  • is available for all TypeScript projects in Visual Studio
  • Support for language features
  • Live Unit Testing

Release notes can be found at the official Microsoft page.

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The "GetReferenceNearestTargetFrameworkTask" task was not found

I have a problem with autocompletion in VS 2017 Community. Previously I had VS 2017 Enterprise from school, but the key expired so I moved to Community. Before, everything works great, but now it doesn't work at all. I found a solution on Stack…
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How do I exclude files/folders from a .NET Core/Standard project?

In .NET Core and .NET Standard projects, if you put files and folders within the project directory, they are automatically picked up by Visual Studio; essentially they are part of the project. What if I have files/folders in there that aren't really…
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SQL Schema Comparison Error "Target is unavailable"

When comparing an SQLServer project in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 against a database SQL Server 2012, it shows the error "Target is unavailable" or "Source is unavailable" when change the direction. It used to work properly a couple of months ago.…
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How to install (v142) Build tools in Visual studio

As I am trying to build something in visual studio then visual studio show me some warning and then If i ignored it and build then error occurs. error MSB8020: The build tools for v142 (Platform Toolset = 'v142') cannot be found. To build…
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Visual Studio 2017 "Go to All" does not list items

VS 2017's new "Go to All" (Ctrl + T or Ctrl + ,) does not lists items for me. Searched for a setting for it, no luck. Also no error messages regarding this at all. Why is this happening, and how can I get the behaviour I expect?
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The setup for this installation of visual studio is not complete, really?

I have been using Vs 2017 for several months on dev machine. This fine morning says setup incomplete. Am I missing something?
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Can not delete \bin\roslyn\VBCSCompiler.exe - Access is denied

I am facing a strange issue from roslyn compiler. Sometimes when I build the solution I face a strange issue in error list which does not let me build the solution. Here is the error: Severity Code Description Project File Line …
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.NET Core app unable to start in IIS due to ErrorCode = '0x80004005 : 80008083

I have a .NET Core application. It runs locally with VS2017 and Kestrel. It runs locally under IIS. However, on the server it fails to start with a 502.5 - Process Failure message. In the event logs I get more detail: Application '...' with…
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Visual Studio - suddenly cannot debug tests

I'm not sure what I did, but all of a sudden, my Visual Studio 2012 will not debug any tests. If I select a test from the Test Explorer and tell it to run, it simply outputs this in the Test Output window: > ------ Discover test started ------ >…
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How to upgrade from VS 2017 to 2019?

VS 2019 is RTM, and I was wondering what's the proper way to upgrade from VS 2017, is there a dedicated 'upgrade' method, or is it uninstall and install? Maybe install and uninstall? What's the right way to do it without having to uninstall and…
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Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h' - Visual Studio Community 2017 - C++ Error

I am trying to build a solution on Visual Studio Community 2017, but I keep getting the error "Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h' ". I've read through several similar questions, but I still can't fix this problem. It looks like the stdio.h file is…
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How do I get Spy++ with Visual Studio 2017?

Background I am looking for Spy++. I believe it should be included in Visual Studio 2017 since the latest Visual Studio help content references it: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/introducing-spy-increment. Problem I have…
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Visual Studio 2017 bin\roslyn files locked during build

I am running VS2017 version 26430.13 and every time I try to build a web project I get errors that access to the files in the bin\roslyn is denied. Over a period of about 5 minutes the files are unlocked and I can build but the 5 minute delay is…
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Visual Studio 2017 Collapsing Regions

I've noticed that in Visual Studio 2017, when I hit CTRL+M, CTRL+O, regions do not collapse to definitions. Has there been a change on this? How do I collapse everything -- including regions? BTW, I get the same results whether I use the keyboard…
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VS 2017 : The security debugging option is set but it requires the Visual Studio hosting process which is unavailable

My solution (which contains a dozen projects) works perfectly in Visual Studio 2013. In Visual Studio 2017, I can open the solution and compile it. But if I start the debug, I systematically get this error message: The security debugging option…
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