I've got an application that I currently wrap in an msi. Everything's fine,
except I'd like to be able to push updates to my users. The update mechanism
of clickonce deployment looks excellent and would be very useful. My
application's installer doesn't touch the GAC or registry, ...

Hey there,
Whenever I attempt to "Add New Table" to a SQL Server 2005 Express database
file using VS 2005 (or Visual Web Developer 2005 Express v8.0.50727.42), I
get a pop up error message stating "The parameter is incorrect". (That's

I would like to track the motions of
small birds in short (20-30sec) .avi films.
What tool-set/programs would be wise to use?
Thanks for any guidance.

I've installed Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 upon my Visual Studio 2005
Professional.
After this I am not able to start VS 2005 anymore. It reports  C:\Program
Files\....IDE|\devenv.exe . The application can not  start because of a

My ASP.Net page
(http://www.sec.state.ma.us/sprpublicforms/DSSubmissionForm.aspx) will
truncate the bottom inch of the page when printed and in Print Preview.  The
page submits data and redisplays data for a "receipt" and record of entry.  

I'm missing the Rebuild option from both the Build menu and the Build
toolbar. Any ideas what happened to it?

In VSS, you could do a folder/directory compare. With VS.NET 2005,
right clicking in Solution Explorer or Source Control Explorer does not
allow "compare" at a a folder level. Is there a way to do this?

I recently installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and noticed a few
differences (annoyances) from the previous version (Visual Studio 2003).
1. When opening a new file, the tab for that file is now placed on the left
side of the window, not the right like the way it was in ...

I have created a Windows Service which uses xml file as a data source.
The service is running on .NET 2.0 and uses LocalSystem account.
It was running fine but now it has started locking the xml file
sometimes. When I stop the service it unlocks the file.The service is

I have a process running in VS.NET 2005.  The pause debug button is
grayed out.  How can I break this process without stopping execution to
see where it is?
Thanks,

I've a VS 2005 solution that contains a few User Controls. The project
originated in VS 2003 .NET and was transformed into VS 2005. Some of
the user controls have been written in VS 2005 and some date back to VS
2003 .NET era.

I'm developing a winforms app and I'm faced with the following problem.
I have a user controls dll project set up so that on a succesfull
build, the dll will be copied to a directory. Now, on my separate
application project I'm referencing that dll and also I've added the

we are having problems using the VS2005 debugger. we're using the
remote debugging where the process is running on a remote machine.
we're using the following settings in the properties tab:
Remote Server Name= IP where the process to be debugged is running

I'm using VSNet2005, I create a new project and want to add new xml file, but
in list "new item" not including it. It have only XML Schema ( .xsd) not .xml
How do I create a .XML file?

In VS 2003 opening a file from the Solution Explorer caused a tabbed edit
window to appear on the RIGHT of all existing tabs in the edit area. In VS
2005, these new tabs are added on the LEFT of all existing tabs. How can I
make VS2005 behave like VS 2003 in this respect?