What is the difference between “Include Directories” and “Additional Include Directories”

This is awkwardness that got introduced in VS2010. The VC++ Directories settings used to be located in Tools + Options, Projects and Solutions, VC++ Directories. Global settings that applied to every project that was built on the machine. It is still there but points out that you should now change it in your project settings. … Read more

Disable Browser Link – which toolbar

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/06/28/browser-link-feature-in-visual-studio-preview-2013.aspx This should explain how to turn off browser link. You could do it via web.config: <appSettings> <add key=”vs:EnableBrowserLink” value=”false”></add> </appSettings> or do it from the toolbar: If that button isn’t available, go to VIEW > Toolbars > Standard and make sure it’s checked. Keep in mind it’s only available in VS2013 and later.

Why does intellisense and code suggestion stop working when Visual Studio is open?

I should note that I haven’t had the issue since upgrading my RAM. I can’t confirm if it’s related but the problem was prevalent when I had 2-4GB RAM. No problems since going to 8 and 16GB. If only one file/window appears to be affected, close and reopen that file. If that doesn’t work, try … Read more

Missing XML comment for publicly visible type or member

5 options: Fill in the documentation comments (great, but time-consuming) Turn off the comment generation (in project properties) Disable the warning in project properties (in ‘Project properties’ go to Project properties -> Build > “Errors and warnings” (section), Suppress Warnings (textbox), add 1591 (comma separated list)). By default it will change Active Configuration, consider to … Read more

Found conflicts between different versions of the same dependent assembly that could not be resolved

eta: There’s a killer article on this stuff by SO’s own @Nick Craver that you should read While the other responses say this, they don’t make it explicit, so I will…. On VS2013.2, to actually trigger the emission of the cited information, you need to not read the message, which says: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(1697,5): warning … Read more