NuGet Package Manager Console Default Project dropdown is empty - nuget

I recently upgraded to Visual Studio 2012 RTM Ultimate from MSDN. I'm using EF Code First Migrations to build my database in my app, and I recently added a new entity and want to scaffold the migration for it.
To do this, you need to open the Package Manage Console window in VS, and type add-migration "some name here". This will scaffold any changes to your database since the last time it was updated.
The Problem
This issue did not occur on VS 2012 RC
The problem I'm encountering is the "Default Project" dropdown in the Package Manager Console is not populated, despite having several projects in my solution. The default project that is used when I just type the command above is the wrong project (my migrations are in another project). I get the following error when I do this:
No migrations configuration type was found in the assembly 'ProjectA'. (In Visual Studio you can use the Enable-Migrations command from Package Manager Console to add a migrations configuration).
What I've Tried
I have tried setting the correct project (ProjectB) as the startup project, only to get this error:
Could not load assembly 'ProjectA'. (If you are using Code First Migrations inside Visual Studio this can happen if the startUp project for your solution does not reference the project that contains your migrations. You can either change the startUp project for your solution or use the -StartUpProjectName parameter.)
The Question
How can I manually specify which project migrations are added to, or force the Default Project dropdown to populate?


In VS 2015, I just restarted the IDE and the dropdown was filled again.


I was able to manually specify the project by using the following:
add-migration "Locations" -StartupProjectName "ProjectA" -ProjectName "ProjectB"
The documentation for this command is sparse, so here's what I assume is happening:
-StartupProjectName specifies the project where the database configuration is stored (an MVC4 project in my case)
-ProjectName specifies the project where the migrations are to be scaffolded.
I had ProjectB set as the startup project in my app due to testing for this question, but I think you can omit -StartupProjectName if the correct project is set as a startup project in VS.


Close the IDE and open again may help. It worked on my VS2015


Close the solution and open it again. Closing IDE sometimes takes more time. This works in VS 2017


If anyone is experiencing this issue with Visual Studio 2019 and .NET Core projects this is because the interface lacks a method of adding solution files to the project.
I was able to resolve the issue by using the command line tool as follows:
First navigate to the folder that holds the project and open a (git) bash console window.
Then add a solution file to the folder.
dotnet new sln
Then add a reference to each project to the solution (* will find all solutions)
dotnet sln *.sln add <project-folder-1>/<project-name-1>.csproj
dotnet sln *.sln add <project-folder-2>/<project-name-2>.csproj
N.B. Remember to replace the project folder and the name with what you need.
Close Visual Studio 2019 and reopen.
Nuget Package Manager and console will work as expected.


I had to open the solution.
To view to the solutions, look at the bottom of the "Solution Explorer" pane. There should be a "Team Explorer" tab. Click it. Then in the bottom half of the pane, your solutions should be listed. Double-click on the solution that you want to install things for, or right-click on it and select "Open".
That should open up the Package Manager Console with the correct project pre-selected.


I had to Restore NuGet packages first. Then it showed.


I had a similar issue with Visual Studio 2013. Right clicking on [Solution]->[Properties]->[Startup Project] make sure [Single startup project] is selected. I previously had multiple projects selected for Azure worker role testing.
After existing VS, Package manager worked fine.


first close vs,
then go to setting of your computer, apps & features, microsoft-visual-studio-installer,
modify, In the second tab you will get an option to define which parts of vs you want to use, select whatever belong to nuget.
when it is finished, open the vs again. now it is supposed to work
success!!!


You can select the projects under the Solution explorer .Then it showed up on package manager console . It worked for me


If you see projects under Solution explorer, but default project dropdown is empty, then my 100% precise solution is:
Select all projects under Solution explorer, right click, and REMOVE
Click in SAVE ALL
Now, select Solution explorer and ADD each project to Solution again
After that, You will see all projects added in Package Manager Console's Default Project DropDown.
That's it.

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How can I fix "build failed, do you want to continue"? In Visual Studio Code

I got an error when trying to debug Java code in Visual Studio Code.
The error is below
build failed, do you want to continue?
I have tried clearing the workspace, but it doesn't work. How can I fix this issue?

The problem was solved.
I resolved this issue by clearing the workspace cache in Visual Studio Code. Here is a link to the relevant page: Visual Studio Code Clean Workspace Directory. I had renamed a number of folders, class names and packages.
Apparently the Red Hat Developer plugin managed to get out of sync. The .classpath file was out of sync with the POM file. Wiping out the workspace cache caused the plugin to recreate project data from the Maven specification. The problem was solved. I am not sure, but if anyone from the Red Hat project reads this, it looks to me like a bug, or deficiency. In any event it can be worked around.
Original answer:
I think Liu Bei was not clear enough. I am experiencing the same issue. I have a project that builds perfectly in Maven and when I launch the debugger in Visual Studio Code this notification appears in the lower right-hand corner of the Visual Studio Code window.
Obviously the "Debugger for Java" extension thinks there is a build problem. However there are no errors reported in the PROBLEMS, OUTPUT, DEBUG CONSOLE or TERMINAL tabs.
The project builds, and packages in Maven just fine and it can be debugged in attach mode which is tedious at best.
There is something going on in Visual Studio Code that's not being reported anywhere that I can find. I suspect the RedHat Visual Studio Code plugin for Java is in the mix, but I need help figuring out how to work around the issue.
I have to say that we are spending way too much time resolving issues with tools and dependencies and not enough time on the app. The project we are working on is intended for open source distribution. The Spring Framework seems ideal for our purposes, but the tooling, not so much. We are not very far into the project and I am already receiving pressure to switch to ASP.NET Core.
I really need a little help...

This didn't work for me, but I found out what did.
First of all, looking at the Java Dependencies plugin gave me a hint that something was out of sync. The name of my application (artifact) did not match the name in the Java Dependencies tree view.
This was fixed by clearing the Visual Studio Code workspaceStorage folder completely!
This folder was in my case located in (Windows 10):
C:\Users\<myuser>\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\workspaceStorage
If you can't find it at this location, simply search for the folder workspaceStorage.
Next press Ctrl + Shift + P (in my case) to open the Visual Studio Code action prompt. Then choose the command:
Java: Open Java Language Server Log File
This will open a log file which is normally not displayed when building your Java code, and will tell you exactly what went wrong with the build.
In my case it was a conflict as I had two AppConfig.java files, one in main and one in test. Maven handles this fine, but apparently the Visual Studio Code Java builder does not.
Obviously these are bugs in the plugins which I will report to the GitHub contributors, but for now we will have to live with a little manual work.
Still I hope this helps all of you frustrated Visual Studio Code Java developers out there.

It worked for me to change the user setting in file setting.json to "java.debug.settings.forceBuildBeforeLaunch": false in Visual Studio Code, which will disable the check before run/debug.

Build failed error in Visual Studio Code
This error occurs because in your workspace folder the other source code has some errors in it.
So create a new folder and make it as a workspace folder and then write your codes in that folder and run it.
I had that error also and it worked for me, so check for yours.

Using OS X, I managed to overcome this problem. You can either access it from your Terminal or simply use a
shortcut (Command + Shift + C).
Select Base System and Library. Look for the Java folder and click on the Java Virtual Machines folder.
Check if is there the actual version of JDK (most up to date). I've noticed that I had two JDK folders one probably inherited from a previously installation and the most up-to-date Java 15. I dragged 'jdk-14' to the waste bin. Enter password, close finder and restart Visual Studio Code.
It works fine now!

For me, the problem was that I created a folder within a folder for arranging my Java program files with the reference to data structures. In the log file, it was showing that the .java file in the inner folder was not on its project's build path.
Just after deleting that folder and completely deleting all the files in the workspace folder manually in the location C:\Users<myuser>\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\workspaceStorage, this problem was solved!

I fixed this problem by doing the following steps:
Step 1: Opening Visual Studio Code settings (bottom left) https://i.stack.imgur.com/xPlkj.png
Step 2: Searching "Java debug" and selecting Java Debugger under Extensions https://i.stack.imgur.com/797M3.png
Step 3: Find Force Build Before Launch and uncheck it https://i.stack.imgur.com/igtRa.png
And you're done!

First of all, check carefully the errors on Visual Studio Code log and try to not get biased by the community common errors. To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + P to open the Visual Studio Code action prompt. Then choose the command:
Java: Open Java Language Server Log File
By doing this you can find the exact exception that is happening. In my case, I had two exceptions:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/processing/AbstractProcessor
And
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.demo.myapplication
So, I was biased to think that error was related to the Java version or stuff like that, but it was related to a Lombok extension installed in Visual Studio Code.
In the end, I found this thread and tested this solution and it worked like a charm.
Here is the solution explained by him:
Finally I got it working. The issue is with the additional argument -Xbootclasspath added by the Lombok extension to the java.jdt.ls.vmargs. I figured it out by integrating the Lombok with eclipse and opened the eclipse.ini file for the changes.
I uninstalled the vscode-lombok extension;
I downloaded the lombok.jar (version 1.18.6) file from https://projectlombok.org/download;
In Visual Studio Code, in settings.json, for java.jdt.ls.vmargs key, I added the argument
-javaagent:"PATH_TO_DOWNLOADED_LOMBOK_JAR_FILE"
A last necessary step (missed by the GitHub guy) is to reinstall the Lombok extension.

I had the same problem.
I just downloaded this provided for Visual Studio Code,
Extension Pack for Java.
Click on the link, download and open it. It will automatically configure Visual Studio Code for Java.

Visual studio Intellisense color-coding not working for unity script editing [duplicate]

When I want to edit C# Unity scripts, they open in Visual Studio. It is supposed to provide auto complete for all Unity related code, but it doesn't work.
Here you can see the missing functionality:
As seen, the transform object does not open the autocomplete menu.
Unity version: 5.5.2f1
Visual studio 2015
Visual Studio Tools for Unity is installed

There is no auto-completion because the script says "Miscellaneous Files" instead of the of the name of the Project. Take a look at the image below that came from the video in your question:
The "Miscellaneous Files" message can happen for many reasons:
It can happen when you open your Unity C# file from another folder instead of opening it from Unity Editor.
This can also happen because Unity crashed while Visual Studio is still open therefore corrupting some files.
It can happen because Unity was closed then re-opened but is no longer connected to Visual Studio. When Visual Studio is opened you get "Miscellaneous Files" and no auto-completion.
This can happen when Visual Studio Tools for unity is not installed.
When you create a script from Unity then quickly open it before Unity finish processing it or before the round icon animation stuff finish animating.
Most of the times, restarting Unity and Visual Studio should fix this.
I can't tell which one is causing the problem but I will cover the most likely solution to fix this.
Fix Part 1:
Download and Install Visual Studio Tools for unity from this link. Do this while Unity and Visual Studio are both closed.
From Unity Editor, go to Edit → Preferences... → External Tools. On the External Script Editor drop down menu, change that to Visual Studio 2015.
Fix Part 2:
If newly created C# files are coming up as Miscellaneous then follow the instruction below:
From Visual Studio, go to Tools → Options... → Tools for Unity → Miscellaneous. Under Show connectivity icon, set it to true then restart Visual Studio.
When you re-start, connection icon should now be available in Visual Studio. Click it then choose the Unity instance to connect to. The red 'x' icon should now turn into a brown checkmark icon. Now, when you create a new C# file in Unity, it should open without saying Miscellaneous.
Fix Part 3:
Still not fixed?
Re-import project then open C# Project.
Close Visual Studio.
From Unity, re-import project by going to Assets → Reimport All.
Now, open the project in Visual Studio by going to Assets → Open C# Project. This will reload the project and fix possible solution file problems.
Fix Part 4:
Still not fixed?
Fix each C# file individually.
Click on Show All Files icon.
Select the script that doesn't do auto-complete then right-click and select Include In Project.
Fix Part 5:
Not fixed yet?
Credit goes to chrisvarnz for this particular solution which seems to have worked for multiple people.
Close Visual Studio
Go your project directory and delete all the generated Visual Studio files.
These are the files extensions to delete:
.csproj
.user
.sln
Example:
Let's say that the name of your Project is called Target_Shoot, these are what the files to delete should look like:
Target_Shoot.csproj
Target_Shoot.Editor.csproj
Target_Shoot.Editor.csproj.user
Target_Shoot.Player.csproj
Target_Shoot.Player.csproj.user
Target_Shoot.sln
Do not delete anything else.
Double click on the script again from Unity which should generate new Visual Studio file then open Visual Studio. This may solve your problem.
Fix Part 6:
If not working, check if you are having this error:
The "GetReferenceNearestTargetFrameworkTask" task was not found
Install Nuget PackageManager from here.
Restart Visual Studio.
See this answer for more information.
Fix Part 7
Make sure all of the projects are loaded.
In Solution Explorer it should tell you # of # projects.
If all of the projects are not showing, right click on "Solution (# of # projects)" and click Load Projects.

Try this,
In Unity Editor Go to Menu, Click on Edit -> Preferences -> External Tools -> External Script Editor. Set it to Visual Studio (your installed version of VS).
Now in Menubar go to Edit -> Project Settings -> Player Settings -> Other Settings -> Under Configuration -> Check API Compatibility Level -> Change it to your installed .Net version. In my case I set it to .Net 4.x
Now if Visual Studio is running already go to Visual Studio, it will ask to reload project. Reload the project. Check if it works, if not close Visual Studio. Now Open cs file from Unity Editor, and now it should work.

I found another way to fix this issue in a more convenient manner:
Select the broken file in Solution Explorer.
Open its Properties.
Switch field "Build Action" from "Compile" to "None".
Then switch it back to "Compile".
This will kill the synchronization between Unity and Visual Studio somehow.
The next time Visual Studio will reload the project, it will prompt a warning.
Just click on "Discard".

If you have done all of the above and still isn't working , just try this:
Note: you should have updated VS.
Goto Unity > edit> preference >External tools> external script editor.
Somehow for me I had not selected "visual studio" for external script editor and it was not working. As soon as i selected this and doubled clicked on c# file from unity it started working.
I hope it helps you too.

Unload and reload the project, in Visual Studio:
right click your project in Solution Explorer
select Unload Project
select Reload Project
Fixed!
I found this solution to work the best (easiest), having run into the problem multiple times.
Source: https://alexdunn.org/2017/04/26/xamarin-tips-fixing-the-highlighting-drop-in-your-xamarin-android-projects/

This page helped me fix the issue.
Fix for Unity disconnected from Visual Studio
In the Unity Editor, select the Edit > Preferences menu.
Select the External Tools tab on the left.
For External Script Editor, Choose the Visual Studio version you have.
Click regenerate Files
You Done

Select project in Visual Studio
Click "Refresh" button

I hit the same issues today using Visual Studio 2017 15.4.5 with Unity 2017.
I was able to fix the issue by right clicking on the project in Visual Studio and changing the target framework from 3.5 to 4.5.
Hope this helps anyone else in a similar scenario.

Two Alternative Options:
Fix 1
#singleton pointed me in this direction. Instead of changing the target in Visual Studio you should change it in Unity since the project is auto-generated.
First delete the auto generated Visual Studio files:
.csproj
.user
.sln
Then from within Unity go to PlayerSettings and under 'Other Settings' change the 'Scripting Runtime Version' from Stable 3.5 to Experimental 4.6.
However, that didn't fix it for me.
Fix 2
I noticed all of the references to Unity related code was marked with a yellow warning. Check your error logs and see if this is the case. In particular see if you get the following error: getreferenceNearestTargetframeworkTask
If so try:
Start Visual Studio Installer again.
On the Build Tools 2017, click Modify,
Ensure that "Nuget targets and build tasks" are ticked. This should become ticked if you click on Universal Windows Platform development.

Update 2020 with Visual Studio Community 2019 and Unity 2019.3:
Open Visual Studio Installer as Administrator, select to modify your current installation and add "Game development for Unity"
If you add a new c# script in Unity now, and open it (automatically) with Visual Studio, it is not described as "Miscellaneous" at the top of the window but with "Assembly-CSharp", and the autocomplete works.

i found my solution by creating the .cs file from visual studio itself instead of unity editor
right click on project folder in solution explorer
add > new item
type "unity" on the search field on the top right
select "CSharp MonoBehaviour"
name your script on the bottom and click Add

In my case, correct .net version was not installed on my PC. I install the .net 3.5 on my pc and that worked for me.

For Windows or macOS:
Download/Install the Visual Studio IDE (with Unity Tools)
When installing, make sure you include installation of
Game development with Unity
Then using Unity (you can double click one of your C# files), open a new C# project and the Visual Studio IDE should open with your new project structure.
From there, you should be able to see what you are looking for.
For example:
For Linux (suggestion):
Try Monodevelop - Additional Information, it provides code completion/hints.

My autocomplete also didn't work because Visual Studio Tools for Unity wasn't installed. So, after you install that, delete the auto generated Visual Studio files. Others said that you open file again and the problem is solved but it's not.
The trick is: instead of normally double-clicking the file, you need to open the C# file from Unity by right click and then "Open C# Project".

The issue I faced was that the C# Project was targeting a different .NET Framework (4.7.2), whereas the Unity project had a different target (.NET 3.5).
I fixed this by changing the target in Unity as-
File -> Build Settings -> Player Settings -> Other Settings -> API
Compatibility Level : Set it to the .NET version you already have
installed (Check your .NET Version here). In my case, it was 4.x
After this, Visual Studio worked perfectly and autocorrect was fixed too.

Try pressing Ctrl + Alt + Space (which toggles between suggestion and standard completion modes)

For some odd reason, the "Game development with Unity" tool can become disabled in Visual Studio.
To fix this..
Open Visual Studio
Go to Extensions → "Manage Extensions" → Installed
Find "Visual Studio 2019 Tools for Unity"
If it is disabled, enable it
Restart VS
Credit to Yuli Levtov's answer on another Thread

The following works for me.
Go to Edit->Preferences->External Tools->External Script Editor Select Scripting Editor

I solved to install the same version of .NET on WIN that was configured in my Unity project. (Player Settings)

Go to Options on the Tools menu and then select Documents in the Environment node. (If Documents does not appear in the list, select Show all settings in the Options dialog box.)
Put a tick on "Miscellaneous files in Solution Explorer" and Click OK. (This option displays the "Miscellaneous Files" node in Solution Explorer. Miscellaneous files are files that are not associated with a project or solution but can appear in Solution Explorer for your convenience if you tick this option.)
Locate your file in the Solution Explorer under "Miscellaneous Files". Then drag and drop your file to where it should belong and voila! This will copy the file to where you drop it. You may now safely delete the older file under Miscellaneous Files folder if you wish to do so
Credits: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47662523/10471480
In case Scripts folder is not visible:
Click on "Show all files" in Solution Explorer
Locate the Scripts folder.
Right Click on Scripts and select "Include in Project"

Keep in mind that if you are using the ReSharper tool, it will override the IntelliSense and show it's own. To change that, on VS, go to Extensions -> ReSharper -> Options -> IntelliSense -> General then choose Visual Studio and not ReSharper.

Before restarting and/or re-installing VS, First try opening any other of your projects to see if Intellisence works, if it does, then issue probably lies with your current project. First, most probable victim would be the NUGET packages with pending updates. To Fix this,
Right click on references
Proceed to Manage NUGET Packages Under NUGET Packages
proceed to updates Install Updates and recheck Intellisence

I tried all of these but ended up finding out that I needed to right-click the solution in Solution Explorer and add existing items and find the C# assembly file in Window's Explorer. There seem to be a bazillion different problems that give you this error, this is likely the most simple solution. If you double click on your script from unity, it does not seem to drag the assembly along.

Another possible fix:
In the project window, click on the Assets folder
Right click, and Create -> C# Script
Double click that, and wait.
For some reason, this work.

None of the above solutions worked for me. However I opened the ProjectName.CSPROJ file and manually added the new file and it worked like charm

What worked me is that I copied all the code inside the broken class and removed that file.
Then, I opened an empty file with the same name and pasted back.
Result: beautiful syntax highlights came back!

"Preferences" -> "External tools" -> set you exteranl tool
Thats one fix. Also for VS you can use ReSharper by JetBrains, but I recommend use Rider. That one is also free for students.
It provides less performance than visual studio, but more than VS+Resharper definitely.
Have a good day, mate)

Try with combination: Ctrl + Alt + Space

one of the above methods are worked for me and I just found a solution to this problem,
1. First, go to the project directory and delete .sln file
2. Second, go to unity and double click your script. Then Visual Studio will be open with an error,
Then click ok and close Visual Studio editor.
Finally, turn off your Windows Defender and then go to your project directory and there will be .csproj file. Just double click and open this from your Visual Studio editor and open the scripts folder inside the assets folder and open the scripts and autocompletion will be working perfectly fine.

These actions solved the problem for my projects in Visual Studio 2022
FIX 1
Solution
Assembly-CSharp (right-click)
Load Entire Dependency Tree
FIX 2
Solution
Assembly-CSharp
References
Double click on any lib to force loading

Does the Microsoft Installer Project extension for VS2017 work correctly with Team Services?

We've updated to Visual Studio 2017 and switched to Team Services (VSTS) as our source control. I've migrated a few old projects and am using the Microsoft Installer Project extension to provide compatibility for the original setup projects.
However, there seems to be a potential issue with source control when working with the setup projects. Attempting to make any change results in the error:
The command you are attempting cannot be completed because the file 'Setup[Productname].vdproj' is under source code control and is not checked out.
Modifying files of other projects within the solution work correctly and trigger checkout from the repository.
I have not been able to determine a way to properly check out the setup project and work with it under the new source control. I'm unsure if it's a bug with the extension or if it simply lacks support for VSTS.
Has anyone successfully been able to work with setup projects (.vdproj) in conjunction with VSTS? If not, is there a workaround?
Edit:
Image of context menu:

You can apply the following workaround, since it seems to be a bug in the installer extension:
Choose 'Open file in File explorer' in your context menu
Open the project file in your favorite texteditor
Make a dummy change (adding a space character in an empty spot is enough)
Visual studio will prompt to reload the project and has explicity checked out the project file.
see also here

I submit a feedback here: The command you are attempting cannot be completed because the file 'Setup[Productname].vdproj' is under source code control and is not checked out
The workaround is that you can check out the project manually. (Right click the installer project > Check out for edit)

Entity Framework NuGet package not source-controlled/in TFS?

I mapped my solution (using Entity Framework) onto a new PC. The solution reports a compile error because the EntityFramework.dll can't be found. Digging deeper it seems that TFS only stores the packages/repositories.config file in source control. I'm unable to re-add the Entity Framework as VS2012 reports it as already installed (green tick).
What's the normal process to fix this? Is this a wider issue with source-control and NuGet packages? Should I just add the DLL to source control?
FYI, the HintPath is for the project is: ..\packages\EntityFramework.5.0.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll which of course doesn't exist.
My current workaround is to hack the 'packages.config' to delete the EF item and then go back into the NuGet dialog.

If you right click your solution you should have the option to "Enable NuGet Package Restore" - this should sort your issue out.
You may also need to right click your solution and got to "manage nuget packages etc..." - it may give you an option to restore missing packages.

Cannot Update EF Model From Database with TFS

I've recently moved to using TFS 2012 and have edited a couple of files and checked in without any problems. However, I've just started work on the EF data model and despite being able to open the file the "Update Model From Database" option on the Entity designer right-click menu is greyed out / disabled.
I'm a bit baffled by this. I've tried checking out the file with the "Allow other users to check out but prevent them from checking in" but that doesn't make any difference. Nor does checking out the whole folder the project is in.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT:
I've discovered that if I create a project in TFS and add an entity model to it then I can update it. However, if I import an existing project into TFS and then try to edit the .edmx file then that's when the problem happens.

I managed to work out the problem, I'll post it here just in case anyone else suffers with this:
The project wasn't set up properly. I was editing the files in the "local path" having not opened the project first (seems kind of stupid now, but this is my first time with TFS and I'd assumed opening the project in TFS opened it as a project in VS).
When I double-clicked on the .csproj file within the Source Control Explorer I was prompted with: "The solution you have opened is under source control but not currently configured for integrated source control in Visual Studio. Would you like to bind this solution to source control now?"
Clicking "Yes" opened the project correctly and I could run the update the model from the database.