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How to use VersionControlEx in Visual Studio 2017?

I have a Visual Studio 2013 extension that has a reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.dll, from which the following type can be obtained:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.VersionControlEx
Today I uninstalled all previous installations of Visual Studio and then installed Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise with the options ".NET desktop development" and "Visual Studio extension development".
I opened the project with Visual Studio 2017 and had to replace some of the references (EnvDTE, envdte80, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15, etc) and also installed the nuget package Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.All.
Unfortunately the namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation and therefore VersionControlEx are not recognized.
I have searched the file on my machine with FileLocator Lite and it does not exist.
Any idea how has this changed in Visual Studio 2017?
I basically to access the PendingChanges window.
Thanks in advance.

By doing a search, I was able to find the file in there:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer
I also found copies associated with other versions of Visual Studio. Given the path of the file, it appears to be included along with Team Explorer.
I suspect the reason you were not able to find the file on your machine is that you had uninstalled your prior versions of Visual Studio and Visual Studio 2017 did not release with Team Explorer.
If you update your version of Visual Studio or you run the standalone installer, I expect that you will be able to find the file.

Only empty project template appears in Visual Studio when creating new project

On my desktop installation, when I open a new project I don't see any templates (e.g. console application) but the empty solution
here
How can I open console application?
(I dont have an option to install it)

You can reinstall the default templates without reinstalling Visual Studio, to do this you need to open the VS location in command prompt, followed by the /installvstemplates command
Note: You need to run the command as an administrator
Express Version:
> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\
> WDExpress.exe /installvstemplates
Other versions:
> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\
> devenv.exe /installvstemplates
If that doesn't work, you will need to reinstall Visual Studio. You might want to check out this question, essentially you may have to uninstall and then reinstall Visual Studio, or "repair" it through the installer.
Most likely anyone could give you the files necessary but I don't believe Microsoft wants them distributed unofficially.

Could not find ildasm.exe at location C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft visual studio 11.0

How does the Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 search the location of ildasm.exe. Running command window Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 will point to location C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft visual studio 11.0 but at this location ildasm.exe couldn't be found. In fact input to command window, ildasm.exe will open the ildasm tool.
Can any one clarify how does Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 locate the physical ildasm.exe.

When you start Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 the command (it is a bat script) modifies environment PATH (and other things that does not matter in this case).
You can see the difference when you type set in Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 and in classic cmd.
When you open Developer command prompt for Visual studio 2012 it is true that you land in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft visual studio 11.0 but thanks to the modified PATH variable windows will look in every directory mentioned by this variable.
It will find ildasm.exe in i.e. c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\.

please check following section. I am using VS 2013 & 2015.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6 Tools
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools
If you want to use them from Visual Studio Directly. You can try following URL
Launch ildasm tool from inside visual studio itself how

There are various developer command prompts for different targets, each starts a batch file that modifies the PATH and some other things so that various developer programs can work.
Note that each command window started by these batch files starts with the PATH specified via the user and system environment settings. The batch files then modify the PATH etc within just that command window. Starting a new command window will not get the settings from the batch file as it does not modify the user and system environment settings.
If you really want easy access to ildasm.exe frequently from a command window you can modify the user environment settings. On Windows 7 you can access these settings via the properties of the computer where you select "advanced system settings" and then "environment variables".

You can find it in the below path in Windows 10 machine.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools

where to find Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll?

I am in the process to setup our new Win7 build machine for our C# project. We don't want to install Visual Studio on that machine. So I am following the instruction "Running mstest without Visual Studio" to setup our machine.
On step 3:
Put Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll and
Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll in the GAC on the CIServer,
because that is where they are on the DevMachine.
On my develoopment machine (installed Visual Studio 2008 professional version) I found both of them in my GAC (C:\windows\assembly) but I searched my entire development machine and couldn't find the Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll
My questions are:
where to get the Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll?
can I copy above file from GAC? (I tried gacutil.exe, there is no such copy option. I tried Control Panel->Administrative Tools, but my XP machine only has Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 Configuration on which above two assembly didn't show up.)?
thanks,

You can copy files from the GAC via cmd.exe. E.g.:
copy C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource\10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll C:\Temp
Adjust the version appropriately.
Windows Explorer just replaces the subfolders in C:\Windows\assembly with the aggregated view you might know.

my Version Of this Dll currently sites at the following location C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0 due to using vs2010 so change the path accordingly to get it from your machine
if you need to run this in isolation create a tools folder in your folder structure thats checked into source control and then reference the dll from that tools folder and NOT from the GAC. this means that when it builds on the build machine it wont need Visual Studio installed

Maybe you have a 64 bit machine. In that case, it's here.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll

Run the command below if you use VS2008
copy C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource\9.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll c:\temp

Visual studio installer error with Visual C++ 2017 Runtime Libraries (x64) prerequisite

I've created the installer for my project without a problem, In project's properties, I included Visual C++ 2017 Runtime Libraries (x64) 2010 and 2017.
But during the installation in the client host, I've got a 'The following package files could not be found:' without specifying much more information.
Is when I checked the temp directory that I've discovered that 'vc2017redist_x64' haven't copied.
With the 2010 version, it seems to work rightly.
Anyone have experienced the same problem?
I'm using Visual Studio 2017 15.9.17.

Finally I came up with the solution.
The path of the VC++2017 installer in the default bootstraper package was wrong and installation failed.
So I had to edit the manifest file in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\ClickOnce Bootstrapper\ and set the right path.
Once modified, it worked!
Please notice that you can also find the bootstrapper folder location from the Path value in the following registry key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper
On 64-bit systems, use the following registry key:
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper