Jan 29, 2009
How to fix unavailable WSPBuilder menu in VS 2008
Problem with unavailable WSPBuilder menu (invoked by right click on project in solution explorer [img 1] or from Tools menu [img 2]) in Visual Studio 2008 can be caused by three reason
- The first reason can be unchecked Startup checkbox in Add-in Manager.
Fix is very simple, check Startup checkbox for WSPBuilder [img 3] and if menu do not show after that, try to restart Visual Studio.
- The second reason can be caused in the case you have installed english version of Visual Studio 2008 on non-english Windows. On Windows XP search english version of Visual Studio 2008 AddIn files in directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\" and here is the problem. If you have installed non-english Windows XP, then "Application Data" folder have localized name (for example "Data aplikací" in czech language).
Fix is as simple as in the first case, create english path "Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\" in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\" and copy WSPTools.VisualStudio.VSAddIn.AddIn to created path [img 4]. On Windows Vista is fix like on XP.
- The third reason is simple "It’s broken…", try reinstall 1. WSPBuilder, 2. VS, 3. Windows




3 Comments, Comment or Ping
Frank Binoeder
Or just go in Visual Studio > Tool > Option > Environment > Add-ins/Macro Security and add the path to your localized C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\
Dec 22nd, 2009
Kris
Thank’s a lot. It’s work!
May 25th, 2010
Roger
Thank for the solution! Solved my problem of days!
Oct 7th, 2010
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