Hi,

You need to install the C++ option for Visual Studio. You can do this after install via control panel>add or remove programs>visual studo 2015>change.

There are notes about the need for C++ in the gallery and on the visual micro downloads page but I will add a better error message in the next release.

Thanks

Sorry I missed the c++ install you have made.

Can you please try to create a new empty win32 c++ project using the standard visual studio File>New>project command?

The error you see happens when visual micro attempts to run the empty win32 c++ template in background.

Visual micro projects are simply c++ projects but with an .ino of the same name. So there is nothing special (i hope)

You should still see c++ as an option in control panel>add/remove/vs/change>customize

Thanks

Okay if you can see the win32 project creation in the new project window this means that c++ is installed but the install if broken or more likely to be a permissions problem.

I found a similar article here about the issue. It's unrelated to any of the visual micro install. Obviously vs2015 is version 14 of visual studio not vs2012 version 11 as discussed in the article. 

http://superuser.com/questions/740142/visual-studio-2012-project-creation-failed

Did you try running visual studio as admin to see if that proves a permissions issue or not?

Hi,

The problem is that Visual Studio 2015 does not support the older add-in system which Visual Micro used for 6.2 and vs2010. Atmel 7 is VS2015 so it suffers the same issue and required a new front-end code base.

Atmel 7 is supported but comes with some issues so for most users it is better they use VS2015. Especially considering that atmel 7 uses an older version of vs2015 and installing both vs and atmel can cause frustrations.

Furthermore the atmel gallery only supports the older visual studio extension format which as superseded for in 2012. So I have to create a new old format extension installer before atmel can be published to the atmel gallery.

Atmel 7.0 adds additonal cpp code files to projects automatically which can be deleted but cause confusion and compiler breakages for less experienced users.

So Visual Studio 2015 has been the best option. It's unfortunate that you appear to have a problem with the C++ new project templates. 

I would ask on the https://connect.microsoft.com/ and try to stick with vs 2015 but it is up to you. 

AS7 is currently on arduino 1.6.6 a new release of visual micro will be created for it over the next few months but arduino made huge changes in the last 6 months of last year so there was only so many hours in the day.

Here's how it looks right now:



F# and Python, as well as some Common Tools was enabled to try and fix the problem.


Regarding contacting Microsoft: We can not use any more time on this - we downloaded at 5th of may and did not get it to work, and I fear what my boss will say, when he see that two persons has used close to 10 hours on this. Luckily we've fixed the problem we needed VM for in another way. Maybe I will try at my home computer - it is Windows 10 english version (x64), while the machines at work ar Win7(x64) danish.

PS: Have you at VM tried to download and install the newest vs2015 according to your own instructions?

Found a program called "tweaking.com windows_repair" and it fixed the problem on both computers. So we are now able to use VS2015 and Visual Micro

We used the portable version and did the following:

• "Step 2: (optional)": "Open pre-scan", "Start scan" and if errors are found "Repair Reparse Points" or "Repair Environment variables" as needed.
• "Step 5: Backup": "Backup" registry and "Create" system-restore.
• "Repairs": "Open repairs", "Start repairs" and be patient (a couple of hours).
• Restart computer, check installation of VS2015 (is C++ still installed - if not, reinstall it) and check that a Win32 C++ project can be created.
• Install "Visual micro" (if needed) and check that a Arduino project can be created and that an existing project can be opened.

> ps: Please expand the c++ section of the image you have posted.

When the "V" is present next to "C++", all sub-items are also selected (else it displays a "Square" like next to "Common tools".