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 such a long time ago I just don’t remember. However I en...

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-explo...

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 the hate fest, but for some reason or another SQL Server Data Tools SSDT that you elec...

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...

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 others. The stupid problem is you get an error l...

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 confused as to where things are actually installed every ti...