Visual Studio 2005 articles, fixes and updates

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 that have been released in January 2015. The list is daily updated.

948032 High Memory and CPU Usage When Debugging Lots of Dynamic Types Q948032 KB948032 January 17, 2015
924367 FIX: The application does not build when you try to use Visual C++ 2005 together with Xoreax Software IncrediBuild to build an application Q924367 KB924367 January 17, 2015
924331 FIX: You may see high memory usage and high CPU usage for the Devenv.exe process when you have a control inside a MultiView control or a FormView control of a Visual Studio 2005 Web application Q924331 KB924331 January 17, 2015
924124 FIX: Error message when you try to add a domain user to a Team Foundation group in Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer: "Team foundation could not resolve the user or group" Q924124 KB924124 January 17, 2015
923782 FIX: Error message when you use the Vssconverter.exe utility in Visual Studio 2005: "TF60047" Q923782 KB923782 January 17, 2015
923619 The XML editor converts all XDR schemas to XSD schemas when you load an XML file in Visual Studio 2005 Q923619 KB923619 January 17, 2015
923436 FIX: JavaScript error message when you click a hyperlink in a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report that you view by using a ReportViewer control from Visual Studio 2005: "Can’t execute code from a freed script" Q923436 KB923436 January 17, 2015
923418 FIX: You cannot link a C++ object file that contains MBCS symbols in Visual C++ 2005 Q923418 KB923418 January 17, 2015
923147 FIX: Visual Studio 2005 exits unexpectedly when you try to edit an existing DataTable object or add a new DataTable object to the dataset that you are editing Q923147 KB923147 January 17, 2015
922989 FIX: The IDE may stop responding when you perform a Source Control operation in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Q922989 KB922989 January 17, 2015
922935 FIX: Message when you try to start a ClickOnce program in the .NET Framework 2.0: "Do you want to install this application?" Q922935 KB922935 January 17, 2015
922822 FIX: When you try to create an application in Visual Studio 2005, the resulting application does not support ASLR Q922822 KB922822 January 17, 2015
922783 A method that is decorated with the ConditionalAttribute attribute may still be called at run-time in an application that is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Q922783 KB922783 January 17, 2015
922675 The documentation about connecting to data with Server Explorer or Database Explorer in the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 is incorrect Q922675 KB922675 January 17, 2015
922657 FIX: Error message when you try to load a Visual Studio project file by using the Visual Studio 2005 Team System Performance Profiler: "Value was either too large or too small for an Int64" Q922657 KB922657 January 17, 2015
922449 FIX: You experience a long delay and memory usage increases when you switch between Design view and Source view in Visual Studio 2005 Q922449 KB922449 January 17, 2015
922271 FIX: You may receive multiple error messages and experience a significant delay when you use the MSBuild.exe tool and the .NET Framework 2.0 to build a Visual C# or Visual C++ solution Q922271 KB922271 January 17, 2015
921591 List of new features and issues that are fixed in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 software update for Visual Studio 2005 Q921591 KB921591 January 17, 2015
921538 FIX: The Visual Studio 2005 IDE may crash when you try to build a Visual C++ project on a computer that has multiple processors Q921538 KB921538 January 17, 2015
921446 FIX: The AcceptTheirs option may use an incorrect changeset as the source when you use the Resolve command in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Q921446 KB921446 January 17, 2015
921319 Error message when you try to import a work item type in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: "Cannot complete the operation” Q921319 KB921319 January 17, 2015
921318 You receive a misleading error message in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server when you use strings that contain special characters Q921318 KB921318 January 17, 2015
921317 You receive an error message when you try to use the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server tf command-line utility to access source code Q921317 KB921317 January 17, 2015
921316 When you download the MSF for CMMI Process Improvement - v4.0 template in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, you receive an MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.0 template Documents structure Q921316 KB921316 January 17, 2015
921315 You may receive an error message when use an answer file to install SQL Server 2005 when the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server language and the operating system server language are different Q921315 KB921315 January 17, 2015
921314 You cannot delete a team query on a project when you are a member of the Team Foundation Administrators group in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Q921314 KB921314 January 17, 2015
921313 Error message when you save a work item in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: “The server operation failed (BackendArgumentException)” Q921313 KB921313 January 17, 2015
921312 How to add the Area Path dimension attribute to the Area dimension in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server data warehouse Team System cube Q921312 KB921312 January 17, 2015
921311 How to configure Visual Studio 2005 Team System Team Foundation Server to use a different port for the default Web site Q921311 KB921311 January 17, 2015
921310 The process to convert a large source control or work item tracking repository from Visual SouceSafe or from IBM Rational ClearQuest to Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation may fail Q921310 KB921310 January 17, 2015
920285 FIX: The va_arg function returns an incorrect value in a Visual C++ 2005 application Q920285 KB920285 January 17, 2015
919902 FIX: The Web test recorder does not record a Web test in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System Test Edition Q919902 KB919902 January 17, 2015
919899 FIX: Hidden field parameters in a Web page may be modified when you record a Web test in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System Test Edition Q919899 KB919899 January 17, 2015
919898 FIX: Error message when you try to start the Web test recorder in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Test Edition: "Recorder must be started from Visual Studio" Q919898 KB919898 January 17, 2015
919650 Class Designer does not work with C++ projects in Visual Studio 2005 Q919650 KB919650 January 17, 2015
919649 You cannot use inheritance in unit testing in Visual Studio Team System Test Edition and Visual Studio Team System Developer Edition Q919649 KB919649 January 17, 2015
919472 FIX: You may receive error messages when you use the ClickOnce feature to publish an update to an application that you develop by using Visual Studio 2005 Q919472 KB919472 January 17, 2015
919449 FIX: In Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, the tf command-line tool may enter into an infinite loop when you try to resolve pending changes and use the /auto:AcceptMerge option Q919449 KB919449 January 17, 2015
919280 You cannot distribute hotfix versions of the Visual C++ runtime by using Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package Q919280 KB919280 January 17, 2015
919095 FIX: Error message when you add a TableAdapter control that connects to an Oracle database in Visual Studio 2005: "Syntax Error Expecting '.', identifier or quoted identifier" Q919095 KB919095 January 17, 2015
919039 FIX: You receive a "type mismatch" error message when you build a C++-based attributed ATL component and you call the ATL component from Visual Basic Scripting Edition in Visual Studio 2005 Q919039 KB919039 January 17, 2015
918999 FIX: After you run a Visual Studio 2005 application that contains a ReportViewer control, the report is not printed the first time that you click Print Q918999 KB918999 January 17, 2015
918898 FIX: A fread function call fails when you use the fread function to read a file that is larger than 4 GB in Visual Studio 2005 on 64-bit systems Q918898 KB918898 January 17, 2015
918897 FIX: When you modify a tab page in a TabControl control and then open the form in Windows Form Designer, the tab pages appear in a different order in Visual Studio 2005 Q918897 KB918897 January 17, 2015
918896 FIX: An extra file may be migrated when you use the VSSConverter utility to migrate a German or French version of a Visual SourceSafe database to Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation source control Q918896 KB918896 January 17, 2015
918842 FIX: When you try to run an application that was built by using Microsoft Foundation Classes in Visual Studio 2005, the application stops unexpectedly Q918842 KB918842 January 17, 2015
918559 FIX: You may experience slow performance and increased memory usage when you start the debugger for a Visual C++ project in Visual Studio 2005 Q918559 KB918559 January 17, 2015
918554 FIX: When you modify a resource file in a Visual C++ 2005-based project and then try to exit the IDE, Visual Studio may crash Q918554 KB918554 January 17, 2015
918454 FIX: Error message when you try to run a custom report on a data warehouse cube in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server: "Cannot pass a GCHandle across AppDomains" Q918454 KB918454 January 17, 2015
918426 FIX: A Visual C# 2005 project may take significantly longer to compile after you port the project from Visual C# .NET 2003 Q918426 KB918426 January 17, 2015
917782 FIX: The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) that is generated from a remote object may not include the type information for nested types or types that include overloaded methods in the .NET Framework 2.0 Q917782 KB917782 January 17, 2015
917328 FIX: You may experience an application failure in Visual Studio 2005 when you click the Scopes drop-down list box that appears at the top of a .cpp file Q917328 KB917328 January 17, 2015
917327 FIX: Japanese, Chinese, or Korean characters in resource files may be overwritten by question marks after you convert a Visual C 6.0-based project to Visual Studio 2005 Q917327 KB917327 January 17, 2015
917291 FIX: Custom build steps may not run when you add the custom build steps to a Visual C++ 2005 Win32 static library project in Visual Studio 2005 Q917291 KB917291 January 17, 2015
917147 FIX: The COlePropertyPage object of a Visual C++ application may be deleted when the BoundPropertyChanged function is invoked, and Visual Studio 2005 may unexpectedly close (crash) Q917147 KB917147 January 17, 2015
917141 FIX: The position of the Properties window may not be saved after you exit Visual Studio 2005 on a dual-monitor system Q917141 KB917141 January 17, 2015
916631 FIX: You may receive an invalid type exception when floating-point optimization of a Visual C++ application occurs in Visual Studio 2005 Q916631 KB916631 January 17, 2015
916495 FIX: Error message when you try to add a user-defined control to a Windows Form by using Visual Studio 2005: "Debug assertion failed" Q916495 KB916495 January 17, 2015
916450 Visual Studio 2005 appears to stop responding for up to 30 seconds Q916450 KB916450 January 17, 2015
916209 FIX: Parentheses may be added around every letter when you type a line of code in the Visual Basic 2005 Code Editor on a computer that is running the .NET Framework 2.0 Q916209 KB916209 January 17, 2015
915423 FIX: Error message when you use certain code patterns that involve the IDisposable interface in the Visual Studio 2005 C++ compiler: "Fatal error C1001" Q915423 KB915423 January 17, 2015
915418 FIX: An access violation may occur when you try to run a Visual C++ 2005 application that contains OMG CORBA IDL code Q915418 KB915418 January 17, 2015
915405 FIX: The return time may be one hour ahead of the real value when you call the "localtime" function in Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Q915405 KB915405 January 17, 2015
914357 How to enumerate the software products that are installed on a computer by using the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005 Q914357 KB914357 January 17, 2015
914174 How to build an OLE DB application for SQL Server CE in Visual Studio 2005 Q914174 KB914174 January 17, 2015
913892 Web service consumer endpoints may not appear on the application diagram after you try to upgrade a Visual Studio .NET 2003 solution to a Visual Studio 2005 solution Q913892 KB913892 January 17, 2015
913455 BUG: The resource context for the Image property of multiple controls is changed to a local resource image after you set it to the project resource image in Visual Studio 2005 Q913455 KB913455 January 17, 2015
913452 A TAB character may be inserted instead of the code snippet when you use a code snippet shortcut in Visual Studio 2005 Q913452 KB913452 January 17, 2015
913448 Identically-named project files in the same solution may overwrite one another when you create a new deployment report in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Architect Edition Q913448 KB913448 January 17, 2015
913444 Error message when you try to create a team project in Visual Studio 2005 Team System: "ProtocolError" Q913444 KB913444 January 17, 2015
913377 FIX: IntelliSense may stop working, and Visual Studio may crash, when you try to open a large Managed C++ project in Visual Studio 2005 Q913377 KB913377 January 17, 2015
913165 A warning message contains an incomplete name of a pop-up menu when you set the Popup property of the pop-up menu to False in Visual Studio 2005 Q913165 KB913165 January 17, 2015
912790 FIX: Error message when you use Visual Studio 2005 to compile C++ source code: "Warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in the current code page" Q912790 KB912790 January 17, 2015
912482 FIX: You may experience an application failure in Visual Studio 2005 when you click the Scopes drop-down list box that appears at the top of a .cpp file Q912482 KB912482 January 17, 2015
912383 FIX: You receive error messages in the output file when you try to rebuild a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services project by using the Devenv command-line tool in Visual Studio 2005 Q912383 KB912383 January 17, 2015
911718 BUG: IntelliSense may not work correctly when you type code in the code window for an application that was built by using ASP.NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Q911718 KB911718 January 17, 2015
911714 Error message after you upgrade an ASP.NET-based application to ASP.NET 2.0: "Server unavailable" Q911714 KB911714 January 17, 2015
911281 FIX: A native application takes a long time to start when you try to debug the application by using Visual Studio 2005 Q911281 KB911281 January 17, 2015
911142 Errors in your application may not be detected when you use the Application Verifier that is integrated with Visual Studio 2005 Team System Q911142 KB911142 January 17, 2015
910832 FIX: The IDE stops responding when you work with nested generic types in C# in Visual Studio 2005 Q910832 KB910832 January 17, 2015
910356 How to perform the basic file I/O operations in Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Q910356 KB910356 January 17, 2015
910275 FIX: The customized color code marker that is actually added may differ from the customized color code marker that you try to add in Visual Studio 2005 Q910275 KB910275 January 17, 2015
909309 FIX: You may receive an error message when you use the VCBuild.exe command-line tool or the MSBuild.exe command-line tool to build a solution in Visual Studio 2005 Q909309 KB909309 January 17, 2015
908275 Error message when you try to add a new form to a Visual C++ Smartphone project in Visual Studio 2005: "Object doesn't support this property or method" Q908275 KB908275 January 17, 2015
907963 You cannot access fields for types that are defined in a partial class when you use the Visual Basic Code Model to extend Visual Studio 2005 Q907963 KB907963 January 17, 2015
907755 BUG: In Visual Studio 2005, you may receive a "Cannot write the file instmsia.exe to the DotNetFX directory" error message if you try to distribute an application to a Web server where UNIX or Linux is the operating system Q907755 KB907755 January 17, 2015
907753 Error message when you try to set the image property of a control in Design view in Visual Studio: "Empty path is not legal" Q907753 KB907753 January 17, 2015
907665 A report may not display a graph or an embedded logo image, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services may no longer work, and you may receive an error message in Visual Studio 2005 Q907665 KB907665 January 17, 2015
907297 Error message when you try to build a C++ Web project by using Visual Studio 2005: "Error VCD0038" Q907297 KB907297 January 17, 2015
907295 BUG: Error message when you try to view the Properties grid of any control in an HTML resource in Visual C++ 2005: "There are no property pages for the selection" Q907295 KB907295 January 17, 2015
906767 You receive an error message when you try to create a new namespace that is named my in a Visual Basic 2005 project Q906767 KB906767 January 17, 2015
906724 BUG: Your application may stop responding when you use the XmlReader.ReadToNextSibling method in Visual Studio 2005 Q906724 KB906724 January 17, 2015
906673 FIX: Visual Studio 2005 may unexpectedly quit when you try to view MSDN documentation or when you try to create a new Visual C++ project on Windows XP Service Pack 2 Q906673 KB906673 January 17, 2015
903901 How to enable tracing in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Q903901 KB903901 January 17, 2015
903900 You may receive a "Document not Found" error message, and the results for a work item query do not appear as expected on a computer where Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 is installed Q903900 KB903900 January 17, 2015
898904 An update to the Web Project Conversion Wizard in Visual Studio 2005 is available Q898904 KB898904 January 17, 2015
870715 How to create a custom code template in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET Q870715 KB870715 January 17, 2015
837221 You cannot debug a SQL Server stored procedure more than one time while debugging managed .NET Framework code in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET Q837221 KB837221 January 17, 2015
833901 When you set a break point on the close brace of a code block, the Visual Studio .NET debugger breaks at a different point Q833901 KB833901 January 17, 2015
2002482 You cannot programmatically control the position of vertical and horizontal scroll bars of Reportviewer Q2002482 KB2002482 January 16, 2015
974654 Symbol files (PDBs) are deleted from the Windows System folder after you uninstall update 971090 or update 973830 for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Q974654 KB974654 January 16, 2015
974054 Symbol files (PDBs) are not updated after you install update 971090 or 973830 for Visual Studio 2005 SP1, or update 971089 for Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1 Q974054 KB974054 January 16, 2015
973882 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) could allow remote code execution Q973882 KB973882 January 16, 2015
970682 VSTO ClickOnce Solution signed with certificates issued by an Intermediate Certificate Authority shows Unknown Publisher. Other ClickOnce deployed applications cannot display the certificate chaining hierarchy. Q970682 KB970682 January 16, 2015
957358 Multiple vsmdi Files after Running Team Test with VSMDI file under Source Control Q957358 KB957358 January 16, 2015
954806 Microsoft Team Foundation Server Error TF53008: "The authentication type is not supported" reported in Application Event log Q954806 KB954806 January 16, 2015
945627 You may encounter connectivity issues when you connect an application to SQL Server 2008 CTP Q945627 KB945627 January 16, 2015
945482 FIX: A byte order mark is added to UTF-8 files after you click Auto Merge All in the Resolve Conflicts dialog box in Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Q945482 KB945482 January 16, 2015
944840 FIX: The Visual Studio 2005 IDE may crash when you compile a large Visual Basic 2005 project Q944840 KB944840 January 16, 2015
943128 Message when you install Visual Studio 2005 on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "To complete the installation, you must have Windows XP SP2 installed on the computer" Q943128 KB943128 January 16, 2015
942718 Team Foundation Server - Connectivity issues occur when large Active Directory groups are added to Team Foundation Server security groups Q942718 KB942718 January 16, 2015
942651 FIX: When you open a Visual Studio 2005-based Web application by using a URL that is specified by a combined host name and port number, IntelliSense for the System.Web namespace does not work Q942651 KB942651 January 16, 2015
942546 FIX: Error message when you use the "TFSSecurity /imx" command to query for identity information in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server: "Error: TF30290: There was a problem accessing the database on the server" Q942546 KB942546 January 16, 2015
941388 Bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Runtime (build 8.0.50272.891) Q941388 KB941388 January 16, 2015
941278 Problems that are fixed in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Database Professional Post Service Release 1 (SR1) Rollup Package 1 Q941278 KB941278 January 16, 2015
941098 FIX: The IDE responds slowly when you close a Visual C++ 2005 project in Visual Studio 2005 Q941098 KB941098 January 16, 2015
940587 FIX: Error events are logged after you enable the Project Alerts feature in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server: "TF14055" and "TF50615" Q940587 KB940587 January 16, 2015
940359 FIX: Error message when you use the XML editor in a Visual C++ 2005 project that contains read-only files: "The file project_name.vcproj, which you attempted to edit, is read-only on disk" Q940359 KB940359 January 16, 2015
940295 FIX: The check-in process may be very slow when you use the Source Control feature in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Q940295 KB940295 January 16, 2015
940230 FIX: Error message if you download the FieldMapping.xml file of a team project from an instance of Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server by using the TFSFieldMapping utility: "TF80038: This work item contains unsupported field values" Q940230 KB940230 January 16, 2015
940164 BUG: A BadImageFormatException exception may occur when you use a recursively defined constraint of a generic type in a .NET Framework 2.0-based application Q940164 KB940164 January 16, 2015
940102 FIX: After you install the Japanese version of Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1, some text appears in English Q940102 KB940102 January 16, 2015
939818 FIX: Error VSP1014 occurs when you try to instrument an application by using the profiler in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System Q939818 KB939818 January 16, 2015
939520 FIX: The operation takes a long time to finish when you rename a control by using the Properties window in Visual Studio 2005 Q939520 KB939520 January 16, 2015
938361 Extra carriage return characters and extra line feed characters appear when you convert an MFC ISAPI based-project in Visual Studio 2005 Q938361 KB938361 January 16, 2015
937555 FIX: You may receive incorrect values of data in Visual Studio 2005 when you debug an application that uses the data from a COMMON block Q937555 KB937555 January 16, 2015
937465 Certain code functions may not behave as expected when you use Unicode information in Visual C++ Q937465 KB937465 January 16, 2015
937102 FIX: The file content may be incorrect after you perform the branch operation and then you perform the merge operation in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Q937102 KB937102 January 16, 2015
936123 FIX: Error message when you open a workflow by using the workflow designer in Visual Studio 2005: "Error loading workflow" Q936123 KB936123 January 16, 2015
935971 FIX: Error message when you try to build a Visual C++ project in Visual Studio 2005: "Access violation" Q935971 KB935971 January 16, 2015
935895 FIX: When you compile a C++ application in Visual Studio 2005, the compile time is much longer than the time to compile the application in Visual C++ 6.0 Q935895 KB935895 January 16, 2015
935272 FIX: Source Control Explorer does not appear when you set the DPI setting to "Large size (120 DPI)" in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server running on Windows Vista Q935272 KB935272 January 16, 2015
935232 How to change the value of the ComVisibleAttribute attribute in Visual Studio 2005 Q935232 KB935232 January 16, 2015
934632 You may receive warning messages when you build a Visual C++ Smart Device project by using Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Q934632 KB934632 January 16, 2015
933822 Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) Outlook add-ins do not run when you use the Outlook View Control from a Web page Q933822 KB933822 January 16, 2015
933054 FIX: An add-in does not load when you start the Visual Studio 2005 IDE Q933054 KB933054 January 16, 2015
933015 FIX: A database project that has many objects runs very slowly in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Q933015 KB933015 January 16, 2015
927709 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 could allow remote code execution Q927709 KB927709 January 16, 2015
927404 FIX: Error message when you use a virtual function that overrides a base virtual function in Microsoft Visual C++ 2005: "test.obj : error LNK2022: metadata operation failed (80131187)" Q927404 KB927404 January 16, 2015
926970 FIX: You may experience a performance problem when you debug a Visual Basic 2005 application in Visual Studio 2005 if the source code is on a network share Q926970 KB926970 January 16, 2015
926465 FIX: In a Visual C++ 2005 application project, the IntelliSense feature does not work correctly if the project references types from another Visual C++ or Visual C# application project Q926465 KB926465 January 16, 2015
926405 FIX: The Visual Basic 2005 compiler unexpectedly exits when you work with a Visual Basic 2005-based project in Visual Studio 2005 Q926405 KB926405 January 16, 2015
925199 Error message when you try to build an InfoPath 2007 form project: "The file cannot be opened because it is being used by the Microsoft Office InfoPath Designer" Q925199 KB925199 January 16, 2015
924932 FIX: Error message after you edit the property of a Visual C++ control in Visual Studio 2005: "A circular control reference has been made. A control cannot be owned by or parented to itself" Q924932 KB924932 January 16, 2015
923527 Error message when you try to debug an InfoPath form project that is built by using VSTO or VSTA: "System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException" Q923527 KB923527 January 16, 2015
922636 You receive compiler warning messages and error messages when you try to convert the MapPoint Web Service SDK version 4.1 sample applications to Visual Studio 2005 projects Q922636 KB922636 January 16, 2015
922324 Error message when you try to deploy a Visual C++ smart device project in Visual Studio 2005: "The operation could not be completed" Q922324 KB922324 January 16, 2015
922320 BUG: Error message when you try to install a Visual C++ assembly that is signed by using a CLR attribute in the global assembly cache: "Failure adding assembly to the cache" Q922320 KB922320 January 16, 2015
922317 BUG: You may receive compilation errors when you define the _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC constant and include the Stdlib.h file in a C++ application in Visual Studio 2005 Q922317 KB922317 January 16, 2015
920855 FIX: You cannot use the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (Vcredist_ia64.exe) to deploy the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ Runtime Library Q920855 KB920855 January 16, 2015
919904 FIX: You may receive an error message when you try to build a Web project that references a .NET Compact Framework 2.0 assembly in Visual Basic 2005 Q919904 KB919904 January 16, 2015
919808 "Unable to set the next statement to this location" error message when you are debugging a Visual Studio 2005 application Q919808 KB919808 January 16, 2015
919487 How to switch the IDE language in Visual Studio .NET 2002, Visual Studio .NET 2003, or Visual Studio 2005 Q919487 KB919487 January 16, 2015
919485 Error message when you try to install Visual Studio 2005 on a 64-bit computer: "An unhandled win32 exception occurred in setup.exe [2940]" Q919485 KB919485 January 16, 2015
919483 BUG: The ActiveX control that binds to the ImageList ActiveX control may not display the images that are in the upgraded ImageList control after you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project in Visual Studio 2005 Q919483 KB919483 January 16, 2015
919232 FIX: A resource name appears as two separate resources in Microsoft Project when you assign the resource name in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Q919232 KB919232 January 16, 2015
918553 FIX: A floating-point exception may occur when an inline function in a C++ application returns an uninitialized floating-point variable in Visual Studio 2005 Q918553 KB918553 January 16, 2015
917780 FIX: An access violation may occur when you try to read a .pdb file by using the Debug Interface Access Software Development Kit that is included with Visual Studio 2005 Q917780 KB917780 January 16, 2015
917506 Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 for .NET serializes a custom data type incorrectly Q917506 KB917506 January 16, 2015
917452 FIX: You may experience performance issues when you use solutions that contain large Visual Basic projects in Visual Studio 2005 Q917452 KB917452 January 16, 2015
916769 FIX: The Visual Studio 2005 IDE stops responding when you work with a large Visual C++ .NET solution in Visual Studio 2005 Q916769 KB916769 January 16, 2015
916651 The "Add New Item" dialog box does not display all the item templates that are available in Visual Studio 2005 Q916651 KB916651 January 16, 2015
914354 How to switch between forms in a Windows Forms application that is built by using Visual Basic 2005 Q914354 KB914354 January 16, 2015
913940 An attributed ATL-based COM server unexpectedly exits in Visual Studio 2005 Q913940 KB913940 January 16, 2015
908269 Many syntax errors and type specifier errors occur when you try to build a DirectX-based C++ application in Visual Studio 2005 Q908269 KB908269 January 16, 2015
908100 How to silently remove Visual Studio 2005 when it has been installed in administrator mode Q908100 KB908100 January 16, 2015
907754 A new project contains build errors when you use a template that you exported from a project if the name of the old project contains space characters or other invalid identifying characters in Visual Studio 2005 Q907754 KB907754 January 16, 2015
906770 "Upgrade Visual Basic 6 Code" may be missing on the Tools menu when you open a .vb file by using the devenv command in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET 2003 Q906770 KB906770 January 16, 2015
906766 The installer does not run the custom action when you try to run a new version of a setup project in Visual Studio 2005 Q906766 KB906766 January 16, 2015
906763 A macro does not play as expected in the Macros IDE when you record the macro in Visual Studio 2005 Q906763 KB906763 January 16, 2015
971507 An ActionsPane ActiveX control of a Microsoft VSTO solution may not load on a computer that is running a non-U.S. English version of Windows XP SP2 Q971507 KB971507 January 15, 2015
968133 TFS2008: When users connect to TSWA2008 with SSL enabled, they may get error "unable to create workItemStore" Q968133 KB968133 January 15, 2015
958433 TF30207: Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.WorkItemTracking" failed Q958433 KB958433 January 15, 2015
955514 FIX: Error message when you use the Windows CE compiler in Visual Studio 2005 to compile C++ source code: "Warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in the current code page" Q955514 KB955514 January 15, 2015
954901 TFS Warehouse not updating, Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16 Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM' Q954901 KB954901 January 15, 2015
952337 Insertions and updates in C++ Microsoft Jet DAO MFC applications may not work on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 Q952337 KB952337 January 15, 2015
952237 Team System Web Access currently does not run on 64-bit server Q952237 KB952237 January 15, 2015
951595 Security Exceptions during debug of .NET application Q951595 KB951595 January 15, 2015
950789 User account does not have permission to connect to team foundation server Q950789 KB950789 January 15, 2015
950626 You receive a red 'X' on the documents node in Team Explorer when connected to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Q950626 KB950626 January 15, 2015
949755 System.OutOfMemoryException thrown while building a large C# solution using Visual Studio 2005 SP1 IDE. Q949755 KB949755 January 15, 2015
949253 How to lock a record in a Microsoft Visual FoxPro table using the Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Q949253 KB949253 January 15, 2015
948841 Team Foundation Server: Unable to connect to Windows Sharepoint Services after upgrade to 3.0 Q948841 KB948841 January 15, 2015
948476 Exception from MFC App Wizard creating dialog-based app on Vista, if Windows SDK installed under Visual Studio directory Q948476 KB948476 January 15, 2015
948040 Problems when trying to setup remote debug across network domains Q948040 KB948040 January 15, 2015
946310 FIX: The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 compiler generates incorrect floating-point code for x64 optimized builds Q946310 KB946310 January 15, 2015
943606 Message when you try to install Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Office System: "Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) is not installed on this computer" Q943606 KB943606 January 15, 2015
943455 Opening a C++ Form in the designer may not deserialize some properties of components or controls from the code Q943455 KB943455 January 15, 2015
943395 You cannot configure Help collections by using the German version of Visual Studio 2005 Combined Help Collection Manager in Document Explorer Q943395 KB943395 January 15, 2015
943328 Some events do not expire in the correct order when you close a hidden MDI child form in a Windows Form application Q943328 KB943328 January 15, 2015
937652 FIX: Add-ins that are created by using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System Second Edition do not run in Office 2003 Professional on a Windows Vista-based computer Q937652 KB937652 January 15, 2015
937466 Error message when you try to use Visual Studio 2005 to build a Microsoft Visual C++ native class library project: "LNK1104" Q937466 KB937466 January 15, 2015
937464 The "RFX_Date" function returns a value of "December 30, 1899" when you run the function on a date/time data type field in a Visual C++ .NET Framework application Q937464 KB937464 January 15, 2015
936217 Commands on the Team menu may be unavailable, and you may receive an error message when you click "Choose Team Project" in Project 2007 and in Project 2003 Q936217 KB936217 January 15, 2015
936005 FIX: Error message when you run a recorded Web test that contains cookies in the response URL in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Test Edition: "You are NOT authorized" Q936005 KB936005 January 15, 2015
934834 Error message when you try to open the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005: "Missing shortcut" Q934834 KB934834 January 15, 2015
932062 FIX: Visual C++ project compilation may take a long time when you enable link-time code generation (LTCG) for the Whole Program Optimization feature in Visual Studio 2005 Q932062 KB932062 January 15, 2015
931418 Application events may not occur if a managed COM add-in for InfoPath 2007 does not keep a reference to the Application.Events object Q931418 KB931418 January 15, 2015
930259 FIX: The IDE may stop responding (hang) when you build a Visual C++ project in Visual Studio 2005 Q930259 KB930259 January 15, 2015
927867 FIX: The Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 code generator generates incorrect code when you use the Maximum Speed or the Maximum Size compiler options Q927867 KB927867 January 15, 2015
927753 FIX: Japanese characters cannot be displayed when you use the std::cout command in the Japanese version of Windows XP x64 Edition Q927753 KB927753 January 15, 2015
925792 FIX: One or more code statements may run incorrectly when you use the code optimization feature in Visual Studio 2005 Q925792 KB925792 January 15, 2015
925343 FIX: You see incorrect assembly information when you use the code coverage tool to analyze the number of lines of code in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Q925343 KB925343 January 15, 2015
924162 FIX: The Visual Basic 2005 compiler unexpectedly exits when you expand an item in the Visual Studio 2005 Watch window after you install the hotfix from KB article 920805 Q924162 KB924162 January 15, 2015
923672 FIX: An obvious delay occurs when a project that is based on Visual C++ 2005 uses a slow I/O device and a fast I/O device at the same time Q923672 KB923672 January 15, 2015
923573 FIX: You cannot build a 64-bit binary by using Visual C++ 2005 on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Q923573 KB923573 January 15, 2015
923524 Visual Studio 2005 does not have the print preview feature when you create a new InfoPath form template project in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Office System Q923524 KB923524 January 15, 2015
923315 The strings cannot be found in the Manifest.xsf file when you use the find functionality in a Visual Studio Tools for Office InfoPath project Q923315 KB923315 January 15, 2015
922323 BUG: You receive many compilation error messages when you compile a Visual C++ application in Visual Studio 2005 Q922323 KB922323 January 15, 2015
922318 BUG: Error message when an MFC application contains an event handler that uses the CRichEditView::FindText method or the CRichEditView::FindTextSimple method in Visual Studio 2005: "Debug Assertion Failed" Q922318 KB922318 January 15, 2015
921534 FIX: The source code editor for Visual C# 2005 takes a long time to display characters when you edit large files in Visual Studio 2005 Q921534 KB921534 January 15, 2015
921385 You may receive an error message and Visual Studio 2005 may close unexpectedly when you request Help pages in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE or when you click a link in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE or in Document Explorer 2005 Q921385 KB921385 January 15, 2015
921211 FIX: Message when you try to build a Visual C++ 2005 project: "fatal error C1382" Q921211 KB921211 January 15, 2015
920965 You receive error messages when Visual Studio 2005 upgrades MapPoint Web Service SDK 4.1 sample projects Q920965 KB920965 January 15, 2015
920145 FIX: You may receive an error message when you consume an assembly that has an obfuscated generic type in Visual Studio 2005 Q920145 KB920145 January 15, 2015
919913 FIX: Error message when you try to use Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server to check in files on a computer that is running Content Management Server 2002: "Unable to cast object of type" Q919913 KB919913 January 15, 2015
919824 The Visual Studio Debugger Proxy service is uninstalled when you uninstall Visual Studio 2005 from a computer that is running Windows 2000 Q919824 KB919824 January 15, 2015
919823 You may receive an error message when you try to connect to an instance of the Remote Debugging Monitor in Visual Studio 2005 Q919823 KB919823 January 15, 2015
919810 Error message when you try to switch between processes in Visual Studio 2005: "The source code cannot be displayed" Q919810 KB919810 January 15, 2015
919084 BUG: Visual Studio 2005 unexpectedly exits when you use the Copy Web Site tool to copy files to a local IIS virtual directory that maps to a physical path that does not exist Q919084 KB919084 January 15, 2015
918373 FIX: The Atls.pdb file and the Atlsd.pdb file contain incomplete debugging information when you debug an ATL-based C++ application in Visual Studio 2005 Q918373 KB918373 January 15, 2015
918148 FIX: You may receive an error message when you try to use the Windows Forms ActiveX Control Importer (Aximp.exe) in Visual Studio 2005 Q918148 KB918148 January 15, 2015
917464 FIX: Only the first 16 characters of the value of the parameter are returned when you run a stored procedure in Visual Studio 2005 Q917464 KB917464 January 15, 2015
917329 FIX: An "Updating IntelliSense" message may continue to appear on the Visual Studio 2005 status bar when you open a Visual C++ project Q917329 KB917329 January 15, 2015
916868 The Execute permissions for a Web application are unexpectedly set to the None setting after you use Visual Studio .NET 2003 to copy a Web application to the Web server Q916868 KB916868 January 15, 2015
915781 FIX: You may receive an incorrect error message when you open a Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office document Q915781 KB915781 January 15, 2015
915697 FIX: The stream operator (>>) does not correctly handle an integer-comma combination in Visual C++ 2005 Q915697 KB915697 January 15, 2015
915110 FIX: Visual Studio 2005 may stop responding when you build a Web application project that is checked out of Visual SourceSafe Q915110 KB915110 January 15, 2015
913951 FIX: The browser may stop responding when you scroll through a Visual J# 2005 Web page that contains a J# Browser Control Q913951 KB913951 January 15, 2015
913453 Error message when you use a visualizer or a type proxy when you debug in Visual Studio 2005: "Cannot create an instance of <visualizer type name>" Q913453 KB913453 January 15, 2015
913432 FIX: The IDE stops responding when you build a project that generates lots of text in the Output window in Visual Studio 2005 Q913432 KB913432 January 15, 2015
912604 The DataSet schema that is generated by the SqlDataAdapter control does not change when you change the SELECT query in Visual Studio 2005 Q912604 KB912604 January 15, 2015
912162 Non-Express Editions of Visual Studio 2005 do not function correctly when a Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition is installed on the same computer and has an installation path that contains more than 57 characters Q912162 KB912162 January 15, 2015
908430 You may receive an error message when you try to modify a workbook that is under source code control in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Q908430 KB908430 January 15, 2015
908277 When you press the Back key on a Smartphone device, 60 seconds may elapse before the MFC dialog box fully reappears in an application that you created in Visual Studio 2005 Q908277 KB908277 January 15, 2015
908276 The "Configure TCP/IP Transport" dialog box does not appear when you try to configure a device by using Visual Studio Remote Tools Q908276 KB908276 January 15, 2015
908274 Debugging fails, and you do not receive a clear error message about the failure in Visual Studio 2005 Q908274 KB908274 January 15, 2015
908273 The consumption fails when you try to consume a Web service from the Device Emulator in Visual Studio 2005 Q908273 KB908273 January 15, 2015
908270 You cannot view items in the Resource View window in Visual C++ 2005 when the project name contains unicode character U+00CF Q908270 KB908270 January 15, 2015
907758 An application that is developed in Visual Studio 2005 and that uses COM components stops responding when the application is deployed by using ClickOnce technology Q907758 KB907758 January 15, 2015
907293 A LNK1175 error message is not returned when you specify an invalid base address of your application executable file in Visual Studio 2005 Q907293 KB907293 January 15, 2015
906771 You cannot use Visual Basic 2005 to read the Currency data type values back from a file Q906771 KB906771 January 15, 2015
906769 A Visual Basic 6.0 project that was upgraded by using Visual Studio .NET 2003 no longer functions as expected when you click to select the "Enable application framework" check box in Visual Studio 2005 Q906769 KB906769 January 15, 2015
906764 BUG: Merge module files have the same ComponentID in different Visual Studio projects Q906764 KB906764 January 15, 2015
906762 You may experience problems in Visual Studio 2005 when you uninstall Visual Studio .NET 2003 from a computer that has Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed side-by-side Q906762 KB906762 January 15, 2015
960880 MenuStrip may expand the first ToolStripMenuItem for any Access Key Q960880 KB960880 January 14, 2015
958603 Performance issues in compute-intensive VC++ application after upgrade from VS 2003 to VS 2005 Q958603 KB958603 January 14, 2015
958438 TFS2008 Proxy Error: missing or invalid customActions config section Q958438 KB958438 January 14, 2015
955373 Same macro gives different output when compiled in VC++ 8.0 or 9.0 versus VC++ 7.1 Q955373 KB955373 January 14, 2015
955301 SQL Error 8125 when merging files in Team Foundation Server 2005 Q955301 KB955301 January 14, 2015
954746 Problems creating a Team Project in Microsoft Team Foundation Server when connecting over the Internet Q954746 KB954746 January 14, 2015
954497 File(s) checked out of Microsoft Team Foundation Source Code Control are downloaded into wrong local path Q954497 KB954497 January 14, 2015
954315 TFS2008: Admin user unable to create team project using remote desktop Q954315 KB954315 January 14, 2015
954251 Problem: MFC application with CHtmlView-derived view may stay running invisibly after closure if Active Accessibility client used Q954251 KB954251 January 14, 2015
954187 How to Merge changes if the Project has been Renamed in Team Foundation Server Q954187 KB954187 January 14, 2015
954039 TFS2005: unable to check out file "all files are up to date. The item <path>\FileName could not be found in your workspace Q954039 KB954039 January 14, 2015
953492 TFS30421 Error when trying to connect from Team Explorer Q953492 KB953492 January 14, 2015
953426 Visual Studio Configuration Manager does not provide a Scrollbar Q953426 KB953426 January 14, 2015
953184 TFS: source control problems with source files when check out or check in the project Q953184 KB953184 January 14, 2015
953143 Errors may occur in Team Foundation Server if TFS server has insufficient paging file size Q953143 KB953143 January 14, 2015
951855 Error message "Unknown control type" is displayed when using a custom control on a work item in Team Foundation Server Q951855 KB951855 January 14, 2015
949548 Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 Team Foundation Server Installation fails with error 28925 if less than Full Trust specified in root level web.config Q949548 KB949548 January 14, 2015
947803 VC++ Build Sometimes Fails with 0xC000000D When Resource Language Doesn't Match Localization Q947803 KB947803 January 14, 2015
946732 TFS: Browser error opening workitem attachment from Visual Studio Team Explorer Q946732 KB946732 January 14, 2015
946512 Cannot have more than one document open in the Visual Studio 2005 Q946512 KB946512 January 14, 2015
945129 Visual Studio 2005 may crash or hang when you expand a node in the Solution Explorer if the solution contains Test Project types Q945129 KB945129 January 14, 2015
935334 FIX: The Visual Studio 2005 Team System Performance Profiler may crash when lots of data is returned in a .vsp file Q935334 KB935334 January 14, 2015
917663 Compilation errors appear in the Output window when you build a Smartphone 2003 project that includes code that contains new Visual Basic 2005 language features in Visual Studio 2005 Q917663 KB917663 January 14, 2015
912709 The class member name is not replaced correctly when you try to select a member of a class by using IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET 2003 Q912709 KB912709 January 14, 2015
908422 BUG: Event handlers that are associated with a ListObject control stop responding on an Office Excel worksheet that is hosted in Visual Studio 2005 Q908422 KB908422 January 14, 2015
907298 The VCCodeParameter.Name property returns an empty string in Visual Studio 2005 Q907298 KB907298 January 14, 2015
954053 TFS2008: Red X on documents node after upgrade from TFS 2005 to 2008 when SSL enabled Q954053 KB954053 January 13, 2015
284230 How to replace damaged or defective Visual Studio product disks Q284230 KB284230 January 11, 2015
312116 You must disable Symantec ScriptBlocker before you install Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 Q312116 KB312116 January 10, 2015
307420 BUG: Setup fails when you install Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET over a terminal service session from a mapped drive Q307420 KB307420 January 10, 2015

Visual Studio 2005 articles, fixes and updates - January 2015