VS Arduino - Creating or opening project not working after install

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mat89 Newbies Offline Posts: 3 Joined: Mar 16^th, 2021	Creating or opening project not working after install Mar 16^th, 2021 at 7:05pm	Print Post
	Hi together I just installed Visual Studio 2019 and VisualMicro. I also linked the Arduino IDE to the VisualMicro extension and can see boards from the Arduino IDE, so far so good. Then I tried to open an existing Arduino project, but it never opens. In the left bottom corner I see there are running background tasks after opening an existing project, but the background tasks never ends and the sketch never opens. I then closed Visual Studio an started it again. Then I tried to create a new Arduino project, but again, there is a background task running all the time and nothing else happens. Versions: Arduino IDE 1.8.5 Visual Studio: 2019 16.9.2 Windows: Windows 10 Pro (10.0.19041) And idea what I could try? I already reinstalled Visual Studio a few times. Thanks in advance
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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #1 - Mar 16^th, 2021 at 9:14pm	Print Post
	Try running a visual studio repair. Does that help?


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mat89 Newbies Offline Posts: 3 Joined: Mar 16^th, 2021	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #2 - Mar 17^th, 2021 at 5:53pm	Print Post
	Hello I now tried to repair the installation - still the same issue. I also reinstalled visual studio multiple times...


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #3 - Mar 17^th, 2021 at 5:57pm	Print Post
	Thanks, the visual micro install will not affect this. The issue is visual studio attempting to open a c++ project. An arduino project is just a c++ project. Can you try creating a new c++ project? Does that work okay? Please also send the diagnostics output from help>about. It is possible that another extension is affecting vs. Thanks


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mat89 Newbies Offline Posts: 3 Joined: Mar 16^th, 2021	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #4 - Mar 17^th, 2021 at 9:38pm	Print Post
	Hi Tim Thanks for the hint. I followed the installation procedure on your website 'https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1615906409' I now also got the information that the workload 'Desktop Development with C++' is necessary. Unfortunately, this workload didn't got installed automatically for me so that was the issue. Now I installed this workload and it look like it is working as expected. I will give it a try in the next days. Thanks and have a great day!


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #5 - Mar 17^th, 2021 at 9:41pm	Print Post
	Oh well done. We have seen two instances where the c++ workflow was not automatically installed. It seems to be a bug that has crept into the VS2019 installer. We will report it to Microsoft and maybe add a big note to the web site for others. Thanks for the post.


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smh Newbies Offline Posts: 1 Joined: May 17^th, 2021	Re: Creating or opening project not working after install Reply #6 - May 17^th, 2021 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	I just had the same issue. My existing install of VS 2019 was only being used for python. When I added Visual Micro and tried to create a project, it did not do it (all it created was the folder). Only by chance did I find this thread. There was "no big note on the web site". I had to use the normal VS "create new project"--"Arduino Empty Project" and it popped up with the "Workloads" screen to install C++.


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