Just had the pleasure of an update to Visual Studio Community.
My programs stopped working.
Narrowed it down to a bad registry read.
I was getting back a null string instead of "c:\" which points to drive software was installed on.
After a lot of internet trawling I found that 32 bit and 64 bit programs read the registry differently.
So I adjusted my code accordingly and it started to work.
I then had problems publishing my code to an output directory.
On some of the modules I was getting publish errors.
Everything looked fine and had previously worked.
I had installed some new anti virus software since I last worked on these programs so out of desperation I turned it off and the programs now publish correctly.
Taken me a good few hours work to do what should have taken half an hour.
My programs stopped working.
Narrowed it down to a bad registry read.
I was getting back a null string instead of "c:\" which points to drive software was installed on.
After a lot of internet trawling I found that 32 bit and 64 bit programs read the registry differently.
So I adjusted my code accordingly and it started to work.
I then had problems publishing my code to an output directory.
On some of the modules I was getting publish errors.
Everything looked fine and had previously worked.
I had installed some new anti virus software since I last worked on these programs so out of desperation I turned it off and the programs now publish correctly.
Taken me a good few hours work to do what should have taken half an hour.
You may want to consider developing software on Linux. If something breaks, you can often debug and fix it yourself. Linux is the ultimate DIY'er OS.
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Only update if it has a feature you really need!
But best solution - avoid Vis Studio bloatware...
But best solution - avoid Vis Studio bloatware...
The last time I downloaded visual studio it said it needed 36GB of disc space !
It does allow selective downloading but I have many different types of projects from many years of work so I need most of the options.
I couldnt get visual studio to accept .net core 7 option after the latest download.
I installed x64 .net6 core 7 sdk but it didnt work.
Eventually I found out I needed x86 version as I had selected "any cpu" in my project.
It does allow selective downloading but I have many different types of projects from many years of work so I need most of the options.
I couldnt get visual studio to accept .net core 7 option after the latest download.
I installed x64 .net6 core 7 sdk but it didnt work.
Eventually I found out I needed x86 version as I had selected "any cpu" in my project.