This problem turned into a horrible time suck for me, so I really wanted to document what happened and how to resolve it because this […]
Old dot net frameworks
Being a software developer for many years means you have watched the tools you work with change over time. This is usually a rewarding change […]
Could not load file or assembly System.Web.WebPages.Deployment
I encountered this problem when moving from an old machine to a new machine. I vaguely recall having this problem once before, but it was […]
Visual Studio 2017 will not connect pre-existing repository to TFS after TFS URL has changed
Irritating problem There is an amalgam of complaints about this issue already on the product form, you can view them here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/26914/team-explorer-does-not-recognize-previously-cloned.html The scenario for this […]
Where are the SSRS, SSAS and SSIS templates for Visual Studio 2017?
SSDT Templates I am not sure why Microsoft did this and you can join the angry mob here if you want to join in on […]
ASPCONFIG: Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Access is denied.
Problem While publishing a web application you get a puzzling error that reads like the following in the output window: 1>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe -v \ -p C:\Dev\WebApp\obj\Release\AspnetCompileMerge\Source […]
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp missing
The stupid problem Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp file is missing. It doesn’t have to just be this file, it could be […]
NuGet package references are not found after getting latest from a new branch in TFS
NuGet is incredibly fragile and brittle One of the reasons I don’t like using NuGet together with TFS is that it always manages to get […]