Visual Studio 2005 - Open Solution

I have changed the privilege level of this file:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe

I changed it to “Run this program as an administrator�

The problem is now when I click on a solution file VS2005 does not open
(nothing happens).

Has anyone else had the same problem? If so how do you get VS2005 to run as
admin and be able to open the solution file by clicking on it.

Thank you

"ds223" <ds223@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote...
>I have changed the privilege level of this file:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
> I changed it to "Run this program as an administrator"
> The problem is now when I click on a solution file VS2005 does not open
> (nothing happens).
> Has anyone else had the same problem?

It works okay for me. On devenv.exe's properties, run as Administrator is
checked; double-click on sln file, solution opens in VS2005. No problem.

Do you have VS2005 SP1 installed, *and* the VS2005 Update for Vista?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
In my experience, you absolutely must have both of these, for VS2005 to work
reliably on Vista. But after that, it works okay (for me).

Mind you - usually I actually try to run as a standard user, despite what
the warning dialogue says when you start Visual Studio. See for example,
Michael Howard's experiences, described on his blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard...ows-vista.aspx

Other folks may have extra info for you. If not, I'd suggest asking in a
Visual Studio oriented group, like microsoft.public.vstudio.general. There
aren't many Visual Studio users, here in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.

BTW, you've probably already seen this; but there's a good portal of info
about running Visual Studio on Vista here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vst...aspx?lcid=1033

Good luck with it,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

"ds223" <ds223@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8096BAD2-8EDF-457C-92A1-059450946494@microsoft.com...
>I have changed the privilege level of this file:
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
>
> I changed it to “Run this program as an administrator�
>
> The problem is now when I click on a solution file VS2005 does not open
> (nothing happens).
>
> Has anyone else had the same problem? If so how do you get VS2005 to run
> as
> admin and be able to open the solution file by clicking on it.
>
> Thank you


Possibly more of a UAC issue. Try using an administrator level user account,
rather than a 'standard user' account, if that applies.

--
Jon