I was given an MVC project, but I can't open it. Visual Studio says 'project type is not supported'.
I have Visual Studio 2008 (maybe professional) + mvc last version (2 beta).
What must I do?
Probably this is an ASP.NET MVC V1 project, so you might need to install this as well.
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I have visual studio 2010 ultimate and MVC frameworks installed however when I open Visual studio it doesn't shows me new MVC templates, I have tried repairing (from control panel) and installation of all the above MVC frameworks, the .NET framework is 4.0
Do someone knows how to solve this issue?
Have you tried ASP.NET MVC 4 for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and Visual Web Developer 2010 SP1? http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=30683
It was a mistake of my own, I was not selecting the correct .NET Framework, when I selected the .NET Framework 4, I got the MVC 4 as well as other project templates
answering so that others do not make this mistake.
I have an old ASP.NET MVC 2 project which I do not want to upgrade to MVC 3 or MVC 4. I am working on a new machine running Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013. When I try to open the MVC 2 project in VS 2012 or VS 2013 I receive the error:
This project is incompatible with the current edition of Visual Studio
The project is then unloaded and grayed out in Solution Explorer. I do not want to install another copy of Visual Studio. How can I open an old MVC project in a new version of Visual Studio?
Opening an unsupported MVC project in Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2013 is actually pretty easy to accomplish with two steps. In fact, as bytebender’s comment indicates, these same steps should apply to and work for MVC 1 projects. However, I haven’t tested them and therefore cannot guarantee that they do in fact work.
Assuming that you have not already done so step one is to download and install MVC 1, MVC 2 or MVC 3 (close Visual Studio before starting the installation).
Once you have the appropriate flavor of MVC installed the project will still not load in VS 2012. This is because ASP.NET MVC projects are a project subtype of the Web Application project type. This means that the project has additional add ins and features available to it when used within Visual Studio.
Both Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 are limited in their backwards compatibility with ASP.NET MVC and other project types. Unfortunately, installing the old MVC bits did not change that. Visual Studio 2012 is compatible with the ASP.NET MVC 3 and 4 project flavors. Visual Studio 2013 is compatible with MVC 4 and MVC 5.
To get the project to load you will have to modify the project file. To do so right click on the unloaded project and select Edit. Which will open the project file as an XML text file. Find the ProjectTypeGuids node which should look something like this:
<ProjectTypeGuids>
{F85E285D-A4E0-4152-9332-AB1D724D3325};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}
</ProjectTypeGuids>
Remove the appropriate Project Guid from the list:
ASP.NET MVC 1: {603c0e0b-db56-11dc-be95-000d561079b0}
ASP.NET MVC 2: {F85E285D-A4E0-4152-9332-AB1D724D3325} (shown in example above)
ASP.NET MVC 3: {E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401}
ASP.NET MVC 4: {E3E379DF-F4C6-4180-9B81-6769533ABE47}
With the appropriate GUID removed the ProjectTypeGuids should look similar to this:
<ProjectTypeGuids>
{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}
</ProjectTypeGuids>
Save the file and close the Visual Studio project file editor. Right click the project and select reload. If the project does not reload close and reopen Visual Studio. You should now be able to work with your old ASP.NET MVC project in your new version of Visual Studio.
One important thing to note is that after these modifications Visual Studio is not aware that this is an ASP.NET MVC project; therefore the project-specific features like "Add Controller, View etc." will not be present in menus.
I used #ahsteele's approach (thanks and 2x+1s!), but was having one further error:-
.csproj : error : The operation could not be completed. Invalid class string
I can't find any citations for the real cause of that, but I was able to get VS2012RTM to load the project successfully by changing the <ProjectGuid>. (No idea how this happened - its part of a large solution and VS08, VS10, VS11 Beta and VS2012RC have all upgraded the .csproj and .sln over time.
In VS2017 the solution is to just make it like <ProjectTypeGuids></ProjectTypeGuids> so.
No Spaces in between ladies and gentlemen, otherwise it will waste 48 hours of your time.
Regards
I got Visual Studio 2010 Express C# Edition. I'm using WinXP as OS.
How do I get ASP.Net MVC in it? I saw another question that stated that MVC was included automatically, but I cannot find it anywhere. I've also tried by installing MVC3 RC2. Didn't show up either.
Isn't it possible to use MVC with Express edition?
(I've also got VS 2008 Professional on the same computer)
Edit
I needed the Visual Studio Web Developer Edition to get MVC2.
But how do I get MVC3?
Edit 2
I have XP Home edition which is not supported by web platform installer since IIS is not included. I guess that's why MVC3 wont install in Visual Studio 2010 Express (although it installed fine on my computer which is a bit strange)
Isn't it possible to use MVC with Express edition?
Sure is. I installed VS2010 web express edition and when I choose New Project then it shows the MVC2 web application and empty web application project template. Last week I also installed MVC3 RC via the web platform installer and that shows up too.
You need to explicitly download MVC 3 RC2 from here and install it:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=955d593e-cbd1-4ed1-88eb-02ff79dd74d8
Hello I was wondering how to get the starter template for asp.net mvc showing in vs2008
I currently have mvc installed , have been working with VS2010 but need to create a separate project for VS2008. How can I get the MVC template showing up for VS2008
Since Asp.Net MVC is built into Visual Studio 2010 it probably only creates the templates for VS 2010. If you install ASP.Net MVC for .Net 3.5 I imagine it will have the templates for VS 2008.
Here is the link for ASP.Net MVC 2 RTM for Visual Studio 2008:
Download Link
The templates aren't included by default with Visual Studio 2008 like they are with VS 2010. You can download and install them from one of these two links:
Platform Installer
Standard Installer
Does anyone have any basic instructions for setting up a first MVC project in Visual Studio 2008? I just installed Visual Studio 2008 and I am finding various instructions on how to set up the programming environment, but it's very complicated and there is no way to tell if the route I am taking is the best one.
If I want to start developing a MVC project, what do I need to do in order to get it going?
I am very confused by the "Web Client Guidance" instructions. For example, they don't say where to put the Microsoft.Web.Mvc.dll file.
Use Visual studio 2008 sp1 to get mvc installed...
Here is the download link
To get started With MVC
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP
.NET 3.5 SP1. Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1 are required to use certain parts of this feature.
The official Microsoft MVC links for Visual Studio 2008 now seem to be dead.
To get this working on my old Vista laptop (with Visual Studio 2008) in 2013, I did this:
- Upgraded to Visual Studio SP1
- Followed this link to download and install "AspNetMVCRC-setup.msi" (1.74 MB):
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141184&clcid=0x409
Once that was in place, my old Visual Studio let me create "Web | ASP.NET MVC Web Application" projects. Took about an hour and a half from end-to-end.
All I did was install the MVC installer and I opened their example app and it worked.\
MVC Installer
First of all, you need to download MVC from here.
After that, proceed with the installation.
You might want to refer to the tutorial for starters.