Is it possible to automatically add to choose items dialog in the vs.net IDE
so that the user does not have to browse for them? if it makes a difference,
the dll is in the GAC so i dont think they can browse to it anyway

I've recently installed and began using VS 2005 Professional and I can't find
the clipboard ring anywhere that was in VS 2003. How do I make the clipboard
ring appear in the toolbar?
Thanks,

Hi;
I was given a project by someone else and when I added it, it has a folder
for bin and obj. They are shown with a dotted outline of a folder. I have
deleted the directories on disk and in the solution explorer but as soon as I

   When I create a new project in Visual Studio 2003.net, (under - New
Project - Visual C# Projects - Windows Application
a dialog box "The specific module could not be found" will pop up. And then,
a blank project will be created which is not what I want. It also happen to

When I create a Distributed System project, I can drop any type of
"Application" on the design surface and it works except "ASP.NET WebService"
or "ASP.NETWeb Application".  Both of these complain:
'Could not load file or assembly "System.Runtime.Serialization,

I'm sorry if this has already been asked before but I have a problem that
has only just started to happen.
When I first open a particular project it compiles and runs as expected.
However when I return to the IDE and try to F5(Debug), rebuild again I get

I have been working my way through "Visual Basic 2005: The Language", a
Microsoft Press book by Francesco Balena and in the "Debugging Windows
Applications" chapter a walkthrough example states that I need to "Select
the Test Manager command from the Window submenu of the Test ...

I just have a little niggle that im trying to sort out - basically on
my startup screen in visual studio it display the most recently openend
solutions. I have done a bit of house keeping on my PC and have deleted
a few solutions that i no longer use but they remain in the list on

Is there any way to have the Command Prompt in the tools menu open in my
project directory instead of in the VS bin dir?

Hey all,
I'm new to the .NET world coming from Java.  Is there a way in Visual
Studio .NET 2003 to be able to find 'all the uses of a method'.
For example, in Eclipse w/ Java you could highlight a method

How come on most of MS software there is a send as email option but not on
VS?
Is it there and I have not found it yet.  vs.dotnet vs.dotnet2003
vs.dotnet2005 cannot find it.

When I hover mouse over any vs.net 2005 tool button, tooltip does not
show any more.  I tried to restart the computer but didn't seem to
help. Does anyone know how to fix this?  My OS is XP Pro.  Thanks.

Hello i have an old project from Visual studio 2003, and when i convert it to
the new Visual Studio 2005 project, everything works perfectly, the exception
being the look/feel of the application !!!
When i create a new app in VS2005 the combo boxes, and edit boxes have this

I was under the impression that components that do not have a visual presence
on a form show up in the component tray of the designer but controls do not.  
However, the ToolStrip is a control that does have a visual presence, but it
also shows up in the component tray.  Why is ...

Hi, how do I go about getting this so called hotfix?  This problem is really
making me suffer.  Please don't tell me I need to pay for support to access
this :(