VS 2005 not loading project on IIS 7 and Vista

shahpiyush — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:07:00 GMT

If you get this error when loading a Web Application project on Visual Studio 2005 running on Vista and IIS 7 -

"Unable to read the project file 'xxx.csproj'. The Web Application Project xxx is configured to use IIS. To access local IIS Web sites, you must install all of the following components:

Internet Information Services.

IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility

ASP.Net

In addition, you must run Visual Studio in the context of an administrator account........"

Do the following -

Run VS.Net 2005 as Administrator - On the VS.Net 2005 shortcut, right click, Properties-Compatability and check the Run as administrator box is checked.

Check if ASP.NET is installed: Go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn Windows features on or off - Internet Information Services -World Wide Web Services - Application Development Features - Check ASP.Net option.

Make sure the IIS 6 compatibility is installed: Go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn Windows features on or off - Internet Information Services - Web Management Tools - IIS 6 Management Compatibility - Check all of them.

MSDN Video Vista Sidebar Gadget

shahpiyush — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:01:00 GMT

I created a Vista Gadget with the help of my Lead Jon Gallant. This gadget helps you find Videos on MSDN. You can select from existing categories or you can search for videos. It shows the Video links at the bottom. When you hover over the video links it shows a tooltip with a thumbnail and a title of the video.

You can download and try it here - http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f33020fe-65af-4abc-9d29-6c9b643e9cb3&l=1

Try some searches like - "Scott Guthrie", "AJAX", "Silverlight"

You can even look at my (or any other Gadget) source code, once you have downloaded it, open the folder for the Gadget under "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets"

If you have any feedback please leave a comment.

Here is a screenshot of what the Gadget looks like.

UPDATE 05/02/2007 - As per comments below, modified the Gadget to open the Video in Media player in the "Flyout" window. Also added auto refresh on the content every 5 minutes.

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VS 2005 not loading project on IIS 7 and Vista

MSDN Video Vista Sidebar Gadget