Macro's won't run in Visual Studio 2010

Question

User-858993849 posted

I have them enabled in tools, can see the macros, run is an option, but nothing happens when I run them.

 

Any ideas? 

Answer 1

User470413944 posted

Hi,

Are you using Windows Vista or Windows 7,  please check your UAC settings for running marcos.

Or you can try to run Visual Studio as Administrator.

I hope this can be helpful for you. 

Answer 2

User-858993849 posted

Am using Windows 7, and running as administrator.

 

Thanks for the reply! 

Answer 3

User-246839449 posted

I had this problem too. After multiple attempts to fix it, looking at things like permissions etc.

I discovered it was a stupid mistake I made.

I had another macro in another module that didn't compile (I had semi-colons at the end of lines).

Even though I was running a macro in a different module it didn't seam to matter.

If you are having this problem an easy thing you can check is: look in the error list for any errors in your code. For a C++ or C# developer it's very easy to put semi-colons at the end of your lines out of habit.

See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1249604/visual-studio-2005-macros-wont-run/20380211#20380211

Answer 4

User2130895234 posted

I am having the exact same problem, but in VS 2005.  It just started recently.  I've checked that Macros are enabled, and I have permissions.  I'm running as an admin under Windows 7 with UAC turned off.  I can't run any macro, not even any of the samples.  I also checked under "View / Error List..." and there are no errors or warnings.  I've tried running any macro in debug mode, setting a breakpoint on the first line of code, and it never gets there.  Any ideas on how to fix?

Thanks,

Mark

Answer 5

User-113911611 posted

Mark,

The recent Windows Update broke macros in Visual Studio 2005-2010. See this page for some additional information.