Visual Studio 2013 doesn’t discover unit tests

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Some things I’ve noticed I have to do from time to time to get tests to show up properly.

  1. If your solution is in a protected drive that you need administrator access to read/write, sometimes only a portion of the tests come up. Definitely run VS as administrator in that case.

  2. If your solution is 64 bit, make sure that Test > Test Settings > Default Processor Architecture is set to x64. Sometimes it gets set to x86. Set it to x64, then rebuild.

  3. Sometimes just restarting Visual Studio does the trick because the test explorer will start up again.

  4. Don’t forget to actually build the test project/solution. (If you want it to get built with the rest of the projects, right-click on your solution > Properties > Configuration Properties > Configuration > check the “Build” box for your test project)

  5. Ensure the tests are in a public section of your test class

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