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Archive for the ‘Visual Studio 2017’ Category

emulation – How to safely remove/uninstall Android Virtual Device .img files added by Visual Studio Emulator for Android – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/02/26

Me at [WayBack] emulation – How to safely remove/uninstall Android Virtual Device .img files added by Visual Studio Emulator for Android – Stack Overflow:

Since after uninstalling the “Visual Studio Emulator for Android” component, you cannot get to the “AVD Manager” any more, you have to manually delete this directory:

%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudioEmulator

This works for both Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015.

In addition, you might want to run “AppWiz.cpl“, then remove “Android SDK Tools”, which is also not automatically removed by the Visual Studio installer (at least not in Visual Studio 2015).

This will get rid of the multi-gigabyte folder %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Android\android-sdk\

If you still need Android emulation, read these:

–jeroen

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NuGet: migrate from packages.config to PackageReference with 3 clicks

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/02/19

Since I often forget to cleanup some bits of a migration: [WayBack] Migrate to PackageReference with 3 clicks:

Related:

–jeroen

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No, Visual Studio Community 2017 is not a 30 day trial – via Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/04/30

Visual Studio Community 2017 needs a license renewal every ~30 days with a Microsoft account: [WayBack] Visual Studio Community 2017 is a 30 day trial? – Stack Overflow.

This means it is not a trial, but it does not a Microsoft account, and communicate with it every ~30 days which you can get at [WayBack] Microsoft account | Sign In or Create Your Account Today.

Messages you can get:

  • “We could not download a license. Please check your network connection or proxy settings” – meaning: sign in with a Microsoft account by clicking “Add an account…”
  • “We could not download a license, Please ensure your accounts are authenticated.” – meaning you have to click “Reenter your credentials”

–jeroen

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from a WSDL import: empty “Reference.cs” – Google Search

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/10

A search for empty “Reference.cs” – Google Search seems to indicate this happens with referenced types that – despite turning off that option – from the Visual Studio 2017 IDE sometimes results in an empty Reference.cs.

My solution: import in an empty project, then move the reference to the existing project and add it.

[WayBack] c# – Sometimes adding a WCF Service Reference generates an empty reference.cs – Stack Overflow

–jeroen

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Creating a full off-line installation directory for Visual Studio 2017 Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/01

Steps:

  1. mkdir C:\Installs\VS2017Community\VS2017CommunityLayout
  2. pushd C:\Installs\VS2017Community
  3. bitsadmin.exe /transfer "VS2017CommunityBootstrap" https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_community.exe C:\Installs\VS2017Community\vs_community.exe
  4. vs_community.exe --lang en-US --layout C:\Installs\VS2017Community\VS2017CommunityLayout
  5. VS2017CommunityLayout\vs_community.exe

Step 3 needs a full path to the destination file.

Step 4 can take a relative path.

Step 4 takes considerable time (for 15.2 about 90 minutes on a 100 Mibit/s fiber connection with an ~8 millisecond ping time to download.visualstudio.microsoft.com; for 15.8 with 80 Mibit/s and a ~4 millisecond ping about 120 minutes) resulting in ~40 gigabyte download.

After download, run the vs_setup.exe in theVS2017CommunityLayout directory.

Note that upgrading to a newer version of Visual Studio 2017 will require downloads! See [WayBack] Offline Install Modify always goes to the WEB – Developer Community.

Note that after installation, Visual Studio 2017 needs considerable disk space as found via visual studio 2017 disk size – Google Search:

[WayBack] Visual Studio 2017 System Requirements | Microsoft Docs:

Find the minimum system requirements, supported hardware, and languages for the Visual Studio 2017 product family.

Hardware
  • 1.8 GHz or faster processor. Dual-core or better recommended
  • 2 GB of RAM; 4 GB of RAM recommended (2.5 GB minimum if running on a virtual machine)
  • Hard disk space: up to 130 GB of available space, depending on features installed; typical installations require 20-50 GB of free space.
  • Hard disk speed: to improve performance, install Windows and Visual Studio on a solid state drive (SSD).
  • Video card that supports a minimum display resolution of 720p (1280 by 720); Visual Studio will work best at a resolution of WXGA (1366 by 768) or higher.

For instance, the choices below require about 22 gigabyte of space, while adding mobile .NET development adds another 13 gigabyte.

Via:

–jeroen

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