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jihunkang
Starting Member
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 Posted - Nov 21 2023 : 11:24:56 PM
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The trial version was uninstalled as it did not have a license.
After that, I clicked Run the installer to install the previous version, but there was no response.
After right-clicking, I performed a compatibility test and forced the program to run and install.
It appears to have been installed as an extension in the visual studio program. However, the visual assist tab is not created and is not activated.
The same problem occurs even if you delete and reinstall visual studio.
There appears to be a conflict between the trial version and the previous version. Please tell me how to resolve it. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2023 : 08:37:02 AM
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For the older exe not running, and having to be run in compatibility mode, if you have installed a recent build of Visual Studio 2022 then you are running into a bug that causes our older exe installers to crash when they try to work out which versions of Visual Studio you have installed. Compatibility mode, which you have already used, is the solution to this problem.
For VA not working, this isn't due to the trial version, but it can happen if you are installing an older version of Visual Assist on a newer version of Visual Studio. I assume that Visual Assist is shown as an installed and enabled extension in the extension manager, but there is no sign that Visual Assist is loading. Thankfully it is simple to fix.
The first step is to export your default profiles IDE settings, since the fix resets your current settings.� This is done via:
IDE tools menu -> Import and Export Settings -> Export selected environment settings
Now you need to close all instances of the IDE and locate the directory where your default profile is stored.� If you are using Visual Studio 2017 this will be the directory:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_xxxxx
If you are using Visual Studio 2019 this will be the directory:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_xxxxx
If you are using Visual Studio 2022 this will be the directory:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_xxxxx
where xxxxx is a hash, so its machine specific.� There should only be one directory matching this pattern.
If you look inside this directory you should see a file called "privateregistry.bin".� You need to delete this file, which will be recreated next time you load the default profile. You will either get the default IDE settings or your online synced IDE settings, if you have enabled this option.� So you may well want to import your exported IDE settings, to restore your preferred settings.
When you do so all of your installed extensions will still be installed, but they will be Disabled, so you need to go into the extension manager dialog. If you are using Visual Studio 2017 this will be the dialog:
IDE tools menu -> Extensions and Updates...
If you are using Visual Studio 2019 or Visual Studio 2022 this will be the dialog:
IDE Extensions menu -> Manage Extensions
and Enable your extensions.� This will require an IDE restart to take effect.
At this point Visual Assist should be active and working normally.
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