Visual Studio 2005 - Error opening Visual Studio solution file: Make sure the application for the project type () is installed.
I was having trouble opening a web services solution. I kept getting the following error:
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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The application for project 'https://localhost/MyVirtualWebApp' is not installed.
Make sure the application for the project type () is installed.
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OK Help
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Took me a while to figure out what was going on, but I finally found out why I'm getting this error. It was because I didn't have the 'Visual Web Developer' component installed (option to install this is in the Visual Studio setup process). Installing that did the trick.
A similar error I believe happens for all other solution types. If you get this, check that you have the appropriate Visual Studio components installed...
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Anonymous
January 06, 2007
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April 18, 2007
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July 17, 2008
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December 29, 2009
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October 28, 2010
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February 23, 2011
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