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New Post: Is it possible to get the error/warning window through command line?

ThomasArdal — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:31:17 GMT

I'm afraid not. MSBuild Shell Extension is open source though, so you could simply copy the code needed to show the error/warning window. Also the NAntMenu (http://nantmenu.codeplex.com/) have a similar menu, so if you prefer xaml over winforms, you could copy from that project.

New Post: Is it possible to get the error/warning window through command line?

andreas_antoniou1 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:17:45 GMT

I have a PowerShell script that builds a number of solutions and automates some necessary moving of files around. This works fine but obviously if there is an error it makes it quite hard to see what went wrong, so I would like to integrate the error/warning window of your excellent MSBuildShellExtension. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks!

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

ThomasArdal — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:23:05 GMT

MSBuild Shell Extension doesn't support .NET 4.5 (yet). What exactly is your problem? Is the MSBuild menu not visible or doesn't the build work?

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

Krovomi — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:07:12 GMT

Hi everyone,

Like ElWin00, I have the same issue :

I've installed the framwork 4.5, uninstall the v1.2, restart and then install the v 2.1( with the latest version is the same), but it won't work, can you guys could give me an advise ?

Thanx

New Post: How do you run as Administrator?

icnocop — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:36:16 GMT

ChangeSet #65415: Added "Run as administrator" to context menu to run an elevated instance of msbuild when building a target

New Post: How do you run as Administrator?

icnocop — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:44:45 GMT

I created a work item for this issue here:

http://msbuildshellex.codeplex.com/workitem/22297

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

elwin00 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:32:09 GMT

Hi Icnocop,

I have already given up and uninstalled it ages ago, decided to live without it. After your recent post, I have decided to try again, have checked "C:\Program Files\MSBuildShellExtension" didn't exist and as I reboot my PC several times a week anyway, I simply installed it again. Now I have the context menu again and I was able to build one of my solutions.

I have no idea what has changed that makes it work again, but if I'll ever find out, I'll make sure to post it here. Thank you for your support.

~Martin

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

icnocop — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:14:45 GMT

Hi Martin,

Any updates on the issue?

I am wondering if you can try the following:

1. Uninstall "MSBuild Shell Extension" from "Programs and Features"

2. Delete "C:\Program Files\MSBuildShellExtension" (You may need to reboot your machine in order to do this if the msbuild shell extension was previously loaded from a right-click in windows explorer for example.)

3. Install the MSBuild Shell Extension v2.1 64-bit setup installer.

4. Try again.

Thank you.

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

icnocop — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:52:05 GMT

Hi Martin,

I believe "VisualStudio.Launcher.sln" is ok. I have that on one of my machines as well and msbuildshellex is working without issues.

If you download the latest msbuildshellex source code and right-click on the "MSBuildShellExtension.sln" file from the trunk, it should display the MSBuild context menu.

Do you get the context menu if you right-click on "MSBuildShellExtension.sln"?

Do you and your colleague have the exact same sln file (no modifications)?

It works for me: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Visual Studio 2008 Team System, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, MSBuildShellEx 64-bit (but Visual Studio is not a requirement).

Also, are there any relevant errors in the Windows Event Log?

I am also wondering if you can list any other programs you have installed? Are any programs another type of windows shell extension?

Maybe your anti-virus is blocking the shell extension for some reason, so you may want to disable it during installation and\or when you try to right-click on a sln file.

You can also download ShellExView (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html) to see if "PerformanceDude.MSBuildShellExtension.ContextMenu" is registered and enabled on your system.

If it still does not work, maybe we can setup a remote connection and I can help troubleshoot the issue.

Thank you.

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

elwin00 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:35:39 GMT

Hi Icnocop,

I did change the default program back but it didn't work. After PC reboot, the right click menu option was still not there.

I have just manually cleaned, built and rebuilt some solutions and msbuild itself seems to work correctly.

I checked the registry and this is what I have found out: OpenWithProgids entry exists and has registry with value (REG_NONE), but it's name is "VisualStudio.Launcher.sln" and data field empty. I have manually deleted this registry value and ran the MSBuildShellEx repair, but it only added the same value again, i.e. with name "VisualStudio.Launcher.sln". I wanted to add reg. value with name "MSBuildShellEx" manually, but REG_NONE type is not available in the list of types.

And so my guess is it might have something to do with registry...

~Martin

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

icnocop — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:42:24 GMT

Hi Martin,

I am wondering:

1. If you change the default program for .sln files back to "Visual Studio Version Selector" does it work again?

2. Can you manually run msbuild.exe on the sln file?

This will allow us to determine if the contents of the msbuild file is still in a valid format and compatible.

3. Does HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.sln\OpenWithProgids exist and have a registry value (REG_NONE) with the name "MSBuildShellEx"?

Thank you.

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

elwin00 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:26:32 GMT

Hi,

I am not getting the right click menu option, although it was working until few days ago when it mysteriously disappeared. The only action I took before was changing the default program for .sln files from Visual Studio Version Selector to Visual Studio 2010. Reinstalled and repaired several times with 64 bit version, repaired and also tried it with 32 bit version. Rebooted after each action.

Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit

VS 2010 Professional

Thanks.

~Martin

New Post: Configurations build problems

batvanio — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:41:25 GMT

Actually the targets do have spaces in the name. I will try to build from source.

Thank you for the assistance,

Ivan

New Post: Configurations build problems

icnocop — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:21:00 GMT

Hi Ivan,

Does the target, configuration, or platform name contain a space in its name (ex. "Any CPU")?

If so, you can try using the latest source from the trunk, or wait for the next release.

See this changeset: http://msbuildshellex.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/60981

New Post: Configurations build problems

batvanio — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:23:21 GMT

Hi,

I was looking at the MSBuildShellExtension product - it seems like a great product to me, but for some reason when I try to build a specific configuration (i.e. Debug|x86) does not work - the console windows shows for a fraction of seconds and disappears. The only choices from the context menu that work are Build, Rebuild and Clean - but they are by default building the Debug and not the Release. Is there a way to configure it to build the Release version by default? I am working with Visual Studio 2010. I also tried to find any log files generated from the tool, but was not able to...

Thanks

Ivan

New Post: How do you run as Administrator?

AndreZiegler — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:05:55 GMT

Use my trick here to run the Explorer under Vista/7 with admin rights:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=144776

New Post: How do you run as Administrator?

icnocop — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:37:47 GMT

Hi Richard,

I hope this can answer your question:

http://superuser.com/questions/55013/runas-windows-explorer-in-windows-7

"In Win7 we now block launching Explorer in another context. You may have to install a file manager application to do this trick http://blogs.technet.com/elevationpowertoys/archive/2009/11/20/explore-as-administrator-powertoy.aspx"

New Post: How do you run as Administrator?

richcbaker899 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:40:17 GMT

Your help suggests to run as adminstrator you must run Windows Explorer as Administrator, I cannot a way on Windows to make Windows Explorer run as Administrator, i have enabled the "Run as Administrator" checkbox on the shortcut but even though it asks my permission to elevate permissions this has no effect?

Thanks

Richard

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

richcbaker899 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:16:52 GMT

I didn't realise there was one, i just clicked on the download link on home page.

Found correct download now and that has fixed it,

Thanks

Richard

New Post: No entry on Right Click Menu

ThomasArdal — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:45:26 GMT

Did you remember to install the 64 bit version? And what tool are you using when right clicking. Windows Explorer?