The project type is not supported by this installation.

Question

Hello,

I downloaded the sample:  http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Sample-App-for-accessing-d71122ff

I'm getting the error in the title when loading the project (visual studio 2010).

I tried to install dozen of dependancies in vain (installed azure SDK, MVC4, WIF, etc...).

What are the requirements to load the project?

Thanks.

Emmanuel.

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Cordialement,
Emmanuel Dreux
http://www.bcpsoft.fr
Formation FIM 2010

Answer 1

Hi Emmanuel,

If you open up the .csproj file for your solution in notepad. Look for the ProjectTypeGuids. They indicate the required supported types for your solutions. Search the internet these GUIDs to find out what they require.

For example E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401 means it requires "MVC 3.0", this GUID is present on the sample you downloaded as well, I checked it:

    <ProjectTypeGuids>{E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>

So, try to install MVC3 and see if it solves your problem. Source is here.

Hope this helps!

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Best Regards,
Carlos Sardo

Answer 2

ok,

that was probably the culprit. I had installed MVC4.

Thanks.

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Cordialement,
Emmanuel Dreux
http://www.cloudiway.com