Image Editor Missing VS2015

Question

I installed VS2015 Community Edition.  I can't find the Image Editor - it only let's me use Paint.

So I installed VS2015 Enterprise Trial - same issue, only Paint is available.

Is there some other install I need to get the Image Editor?

Answer 1

Hello Doug Marquardt,

Based on MSDN document, the following is the image editor in VS2015:

I can use it without problem when create new image file in Visual Studio.

But the problem is that I don't know the meaning of " only Paint is available", can you show me a screenshot to describe this issue？ Maybe the paint in your post just means the image editor?

Best regards,

Barry

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Answer 2

Hi Barry,

I just figured it out - I was trying to edit icon images; which makes the graphics designer unavailable. If I try and edit any other type of image (png, bmp, etc.) the graphics designer is available.

Doug.

Answer 3

@Doug,

Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,

Barry

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Answer 4

> I installed VS2015 Community Edition.  I can't find the Image Editor - it only let's me use Paint.

Bizarrely, Microsoft has now decided to not include the Icon Editor by default.

You must specifically ask to include the C++ Library stuff, to get the Icon Editor installed with VS2015.

Yeah... I know... it's ridiculous.   Let's install a few extra Gb's of stuff, just to get this one essential feature.

Oh, and it's also missing in the default install of VS2017....