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File Name, File Path or Full File Path name is too long
The Error The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the […]
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Windows Form Designer File Hell: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
I spent 2 hours trying to figure out why a form I was working on was telling me that there was something wrong with a […]
Windows Forms Project Crashes Immediately on Startup
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Can’t Run Web Application After Renaming Web Project
This solution applies to many problems, but this one in particular. If you get a yellow screen of death when trying to run a Web […]
SQL Server 2008 R2 will not install – Unhandled Exception has occurred in your application.
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