Questions tagged [visual-studio-2019]

Visual Studio 2019 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 2019 is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio. Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio 2019. Visual Studio 2019 was released to market (RTM) on April 2nd 2019.

Some Major Changes and Improvements

  • Improved IntelliSense performance for C++ files
  • Local development with many common emulators
  • Simplified test access in Solution Explorer
  • Git management and repo creation in the IDE

New Features

  • One-click code clean-up (Resolve warnings and suggestions with the click of a button.)
  • Visual Studio IntelliCode (Get AI-assisted recommendations that learn from the community.)
  • Visual Studio Live Share (Share code using real-time collaborative development.)

Release notes can be found at the official Microsoft page.

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Can I run Git commands in Visual Studio?

I am using Visual Studio Team Explorer with git integration for source control. It works pretty well but sometimes I need to run some more advanced git commands so I am going to file explorer and opening git bash. Can I run git commands inside…
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Visual studio 2017 / 2019 add areas missing

While creating a ASP.NET MVC Core Web app using VS2017 / 2019, came across that 'Add Areas' option is missing from Context menu.
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How to create an ASP.NET website in Visual Studio 2019?

I am creating an application using VS 2019 and Web API (.NET Framework). I need to create a blank website, but getting only web application project template. Is there any tools do i need to be installed? Please check the below image to understand my…
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What is the new C#_LSP entry under the Text Editor options for?

Visual Studio 2019 has a new entry under the Text Editor options named C#_LSP. I guess it has something to do with the Language Server Protocol, but I couldn't find what the entry is used for exactly. Is there certain standard tooling that uses it?…
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Create Git Repo with New Project in Visual Studio 2019

In Visual Studio 2017, there used to be an option when creating a New Project to "Make a new Git Repository with Solution", or something similar. I can't seem to find the option in Visual Studio 2019. Has it been removed? I was thinking maybe it…
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How to change font color for method names (from yellow) in the new Visual Studio 2019?

I have updated to the newest Visual Studio 2019 and it looks like they have changed color scheme for text, e.g. method names became yellow. I would like to return it back to white as before, but can't figure out where this setting is. P.S. Same…
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Visual Studio 2019--Exception from HRESULT 0x80041fe4

Every time I try to create a new "ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework)" project, as soon as I get to the page where I select from Empty, Web Forms, MVC etc and select Web Forms, I get a popup saying Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041fe4 I'm able to…
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How to hide Intellisense "based on recent edits" suggestions?

What the title says. I don't mind them being in the "Error List" because they're only marked as "Messages" so they can easily be filtered, but I'd like to hide the dots in the code.
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VS 2019 - Toggle line comment shortcut not working?

Under Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard is the setting Edit.ToggleLineComment I can see that the shortcut for the selected command is set to Ctrl + / (Global) I'd expect that when I pressed the shortcut, any selected code would be commented…
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ENC1003 C# Changes made in project will not be applied while the application is running

I am getting this incredibly annoying warning for every C# file in my ASP.NET Core project when I debug it after hitting F5: Because this error appears only during runtime (not during build), I can't even suppress it using the "Suppress warnings"…
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Visual Studio 2019: Start Page instead of Start Window

Visual Studio introduced a blocking Start Window instead of a non-blocking Start Page. Considering how extensible Visual Studio is, is there a way to have VS2019 display a non-blocking Start Page. The new Start Window is quite annoying, less…
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Confused over ruleset files vs. EditorConfig files

Our organisation uses a ruleset file containing our organisation's StyleCop.Analyzers settings. This lives in source control, and all projects in all solutions in our organisation reference this file. If I edit the ruleset (via project properties →…
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What happened to Add Web Reference in Visual Studio 2019?

I see I can "Add Service Reference", but I'm trying to "Add Web Reference" because I'm following some sample code which does that, and I can't find that option...
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Dumpbin.exe, editbin.exe package needed in Visual Studio 2019?

I did a reasonably complete installation of Visual Studio 2019 but am missing tools like dumpbin.exe and editbin.exe which I had in Visual Studio 2017. (Missing meaning: Not callable in developer command prompt, also cannot be found on HD using…
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Revert Visual Studio 2019 Update

I upgraded from VS 2019 16.0.3 to 16.0.4 and it broke debugging for some of my projects. VS 2017 has a page for downloading old versions, but I can't find something similar for VS 2019. How can I downgrade my version of VS 2019?
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