The Visual Studio language support for VB has not been installed

Question

The full error text is as follows: The Visual Studio language support for VB has not been installed. Code-editing IntelliSense will not be available. Markup IntelliSense for server controls may not work.

I am using Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition. Visual Studio crashed yesterday and now I'm getting this error when I try to edit any code-behind in any project.

I have tried resetting all environment settings and that didn't work.

I have tried repairing my installation via add/remove programs and that didn't work.

I have tried reinstalling SP1 and that didn't work.

I tried creating a new VB Windows project and received the following error: Project "TestVB" could not be opened because the Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 compiler could not be created. Please re-install Visual Studio. However, I already tried the repair/reinstall.

I'm not sure what else to try beyond a full uninstall/reinstall, and I'm hoping somebody has encountered and fixed this problem without having to do that.

Help?

UPDATE: I have tried uninstalling Visual Studio, rebooting and then installing again and that didn't work. I am now out of options and really need my VB environment restored. Anybody have any other ideas?

 

Answer 1

wow...that really ______s. Trying all that and it still won't work. How frustrating

I can't help you directly, but there is a VS Set-up and Intsallation Forum that might be of benefit to you

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/threads

hope you get it fixed soon

 

Answer 2

I submitted a technical support issue to Microsoft and received the following response, which resolved the problem.

To fix this issue, we can try to run the following command:

1.       Start->All programs->Visual Studio 2008->Visual Studio tools->open “Visual Studio 2008 command prompt”.

2.       Type devenv /resetskippkgs

3.       See if the issue still occurs.

Answer 3

I met the problem same as you and I do as following:

1. Start->All programs->Visual Studio 2010->Visual Studio tools->open “Visual Studio 2008 command prompt”.
2. Type devenv /resetskippkgs

It's OK. Please try it.