ATTENTION VISUAL STUDIO EXPRESS BETA USERS
DO NOT USE A REGISTRY CLEANER
IF you do it will clean the invalid entries, which might not be invalid.
i did this and discovered it.
IT will wipe the project templates in all versions.
I am using regseeker 1.45 beta. I never had any problems with any other program while using this. whew good thing i had a backup
It will also cause the uninstall to fail.
SOLUTION:
try this first: Open up your registry cleaner, in the documentation/website/ or just look around. See if they have a backup/restore section - most registry cleaners have this backup feature. Find out and restore the registry keys you deleted
(Most are labled by date and time and are packaged up as 1 backup as opposed to 1 key to 1 backup).
If this doesnt work system resotore will
*Make sure you backup your project*
My documents/visual studio 2005/projects.
Then start system restore - start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system resotre.
select restore my computer to an earlier time.
pick a restore point that was before the event occured either by 1 hour or by a day. don't go 2 far back.
To prevent this from happeneing again.
add folders to your exclude list in your registry cleaner
hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/visualstudio
hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/visualstudio
*note* That is only some of the keys, the others are scattered in classes root and others, but this will get rid of most of the registry errrors detected.
everytime you decide to clean the registry- look at the list, anything that says
"microsoft Visual studio" or any other visual studio products.
un selected it and DO NOT DELETE IT.
I hope this will help you people
