Visual Studio comes in different versions. I don't mean VS 2003 or VS 2005, I mean Standard Edition, Professional Edition, etc. Each edition supports different types of projects (with the pricier versions supporting additional types.
My guess is one of two things:
The edition you installed on vista does not support that project type. Presumably the edition on your old box did.
Maybe the project type was downloaded in a service pack or as a stand-alone msi file on your last machine, and you've just forgotten about doing that step.
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What version of mvc do you have installed and what version of mvc was your project created with? It sounds like you possibly created a project with the december ctp and then opened it after installing mvc preview 2. Between these releases the mvc project
type guid changed.
To make the project features to function as expected in Preview 2, open the MVC project file (.csproj/.vbproj) of the project you created using MVC Preview 1. Look for 'ProjectTypeGuids'... You will find the below piece of code...
When you reload/reopen your project your MVC Preview 2 functionality will be available in the projects you created MVC Preview 1. Here is a link to the readme as well:
CVertex
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The project type is not supported by this installation
May 12, 2008 10:13 PM|LINK
Howdy,
I just installed a team suite on my new vista box and i tried to open an MVC app I've been working on.
All the solution projects open up expect for the Web project which throws the warning
"The project type is not supported by this installation".
how do i fix this?
I looked at the installed features of VSTS and the web developer stuff is all ticked.
Thanks,
V
david wendel...
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Re: The project type is not supported by this installation
May 12, 2008 10:35 PM|LINK
Visual Studio comes in different versions. I don't mean VS 2003 or VS 2005, I mean Standard Edition, Professional Edition, etc. Each edition supports different types of projects (with the pricier versions supporting additional types.
My guess is one of two things:
srulyt
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Re: The project type is not supported by this installation
May 12, 2008 10:48 PM|LINK
Which project doesn't work? The MVC project or the Test Project?
I had trouble with test projects in VS2008 for no apparent reason and ended up reinstalling and that fixed it.
If it is the MVC project make sure you have MVC installed properly.
CVertex
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Re: The project type is not supported by this installation
May 13, 2008 01:32 AM|LINK
it was the web, not the test (which is just a console app).
i created a new mvc web project and dragged everything back in.
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Re: The project type is not supported by this installation
May 13, 2008 05:42 PM|LINK
What version of mvc do you have installed and what version of mvc was your project created with? It sounds like you possibly created a project with the december ctp and then opened it after installing mvc preview 2. Between these releases the mvc project type guid changed.
To make the project features to function as expected in Preview 2, open the MVC project file (.csproj/.vbproj) of the project you created using MVC Preview 1. Look for 'ProjectTypeGuids'... You will find the below piece of code...
<ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
Replace the above with:
<ProjectTypeGuids>{603c0e0b-db56-11dc-be95-000d561079b0};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
When you reload/reopen your project your MVC Preview 2 functionality will be available in the projects you created MVC Preview 1. Here is a link to the readme as well:
Readme Document for ASP.NET MVC Preview 2
CVertex
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Re: The project type is not supported by this installation
May 14, 2008 01:17 AM|LINK
Thanks, I think that would've worked too. I should've done what you suggested and diff'd the type guids to see, then replace it with the new one.
drag n drop seemed faster at the time