How can I prevent Visual Studio 2013 from closing my IIS Express app when I end debugging?

Previously in 2012, if I debugged in Chrome (for example), and then stopped the debugger, the website would remain running in IIS Express. This no longer seems to be the case in 2013. Is this a new change that I need to make? How can I keep the website instance running even after I stop … Read more

Can I record/play macros in Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015/2017/2019?

Apparently macros were dropped from Visual Studio 2012. Is there a plugin/extension/tool that will let me record & play keyboard macros (much like the record/play temporary macro in Visual Studio 2010)? For example, I typically would use a macro when converting code from one language to another or to quickly generate properties from a text list, etc. 10 Answers … Read more

Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.Http 4.0.0 after update from 2012 to 2013

I did the upgrade according to. http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-5/how-to-upgrade-an-aspnet-mvc-4-and-web-api-project-to-aspnet-mvc-5-and-web-api-2 I get the error. Does any one else got this error? Server Error in “https://stackoverflow.com/” Application. Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.Http, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) Description: An … Read more

External VS2013 build error “error MSB4019: The imported project was not found”

I am building a project through the command line and not inside Visual Studio 2013. Note, I had upgraded my project from Visual Studio 2012 to 2013. The project builds fine inside the IDE. Also, I completely uninstalled VS2012 first, rebooted, and installed VS2013. The only version of Visual Studio that I have is 2013 … Read more

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE] even if app appears to not be installed

When trying to deploy my app to the Android device I am getting the following error: Deployment failed because of an internal error: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE] I am aware of this question but the app is not installed. It has been removed/partially removed by Visual Studio during the attempt to deploy. In the past I solved … Read more