I've installed VC# Express (side-by-side with my VS Std) and then XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2. When I start a new project I can see no XNA templates, though. When I try to open an existing example (built with beta 2) I get the error message "The project type is not supported by this installation."
I've not had XGS beta 1 on this machine. I've tried uninstalling both XGS and VCS and reinstalling to no avail.
Please help. How can I get XGS to work
/Mikael
"The project type is not supported by this installation." with Beta 2
TanviMehta
Please let me know if this is already what you tried, but I should have specified a slightly different approach for your case.
After running vcsexpress.exe with the /log option, I know you cannot create a new project because there are no templates. While running the instance started with /log, you should try to open one of the Beta 2 samples that you said gave you the error "project type is not supported."
After seeing the error, close the IDE and check the log. If this is what you did, and there are still no errors in the log, then that is very strange indeed. Please double-check the log entry times to ensure that the log indeed corresponds to the actions you just took.
Assuming there are no errors/warnings in the log, then try this command which may complete the installation of the XNA Game templates.
"%vs80comntools%\..\..\common7\ide\vcsexpress.exe" /installvstemplates
--Stephen
gbobg
Please give this thread a look: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=888461&SiteID=1 it lists several solutions, even if you haven't run Beta 1. If you continue to have issues please unmark this thread as answered and provide us some of the details asked for in that thread (OS, etc.)
Thanks!
George Waters
I had already read and applied the suggestions from that thread. None worked.
I'm running WinXP SP2 and have installed VC# Express side-by-side with Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Standard Edition version 8.0.50727.42
Do you need any other information
/Mikael
MSJ17
It's amazing how you sometimes find the obvious answer when you're forced to explain the problem to someone else. Your questions about the installation got me thinking (about time too!)... There was no trace of GSE on the Start Menu. Could the installation have failed so miserably without telling me... or was I doing something very wrong
Looking in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel gave irrefutable evidence for the latter. "Microsoft XNA Framework". Indeed! Somehow I'd managed to download just the Framework, thinking I got the whole GSE. No wonder I couldn't open any XNA projects!
Thank you for your help and patience. First rule when installing: make sure you know what you are installing. :)
/Mikael
kfsoft
At least two problems seem to have occurred on your machine.
First, the project type is not registered at all. That would lead to no errors in the activity log, since the project type is not recognized, so there will be no attempt to load the XNA package. Second, the project templates were not copied into the installation location by the installer.
What parts of the setup succeeded
--Stephen
Santiago Aceñolaza
>>While running the instance started with /log, you should try to open one of the Beta 2 samples that you said gave you the error "project type is not supported."
Did that, but without any errors. There are only 48 entries in the log, no matter how much activity I perform in the instance before closing it. I see nothing that looks like my attempt to open the sample project.
I also tried the command "%vs80comntools%\..\..\common7\ide\vcsexpress.exe" /installvstemplates, but it didn't change anything.
/Mikael
Jack Hoxley
A side note on this, for visual studio from 2003 to 2005 for web applications
you may need this update (that is not part of Optional Components, Upgrades or on Microsoft Update)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336618.aspx
roadresident
There were no errors at all in the activity log.
Yes, I'm aware of that. I'm using C# Express when attempting to open XNA projects.
/Mikael
gudel
When you followed the suggestions outlined in this thread (mentioned earlier), what errors do you see in the activity log after running "vcsexpress.exe /resetskippkgs /log"
This is probably obvious, but just in case... You must run C# Express in order to see the project templates and to open projects. They won't appear in the VS/C# Standard IDE.
--Stephen