Microsoft Visual C # 2008 compiler could not be created. Reinstall Visual Studio

Question

Any idea how to fix this error in Visual Studio? This error occurs when trying to create a new C # console application. I can create and build a C # site, but Intellisense is not working. VB applications work correctly. I tried switching to SP1, but that didn't help. I would not want to reinstall Visual Studio and an error occurs again.

"Microsoft Visual C # 2008 compiler could not be created. Reinstall Visual Studio."

Answer 1

On the command line, I ran:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /resetsettings 

Everything works perfectly! It saved me by reinstalling.

Answer 2

I tried "resetsettings" and fixed the installer / uninstall program, both did not work.
I fixed the problem by deleting the following registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio

Visual studio will prompt you to choose your preferred language when you open it again. (Make sure you delete the key from HKCU, not from HKLM)

Answer 3

I reinstalled VS2008, but the problem was saved. Then at startup

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs 

my problem has been resolved.

Answer 4

I am using deven.exe / ResetSkipPkgs and will solve the problem. I assume this is how to remove keys, such as sais, at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/04be49aa-de6b-4f45-9a27-86e3f214a0fe

Answer 5

None of the above solutions helped me. Maybe because we are working with TFS 2010?

For me, the problem of reinstalling KB974558 was solved

Perhaps this was a combination of running all of the above registries and reusing the patch - who knows?

Although this thread is a bit outdated, there may be other guys who should stay with VS 2008 because they need to support Compact Framework applications

Answer 6

I could not vote, but rebooting and resetting the settings did not help me. But removing HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ VisualStudio \ 8.0 worked for me. Thanks NimsDotNet, unfortunately, for some reason I could not vote for this answer.

Answer 7

Run this on the visual studio 2008 command line otherwise go to this path and run devenv.exe /resetsettings

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /resetsettings 

and visual studio will be restarted.

If the problem persists, try to restore the file from the control panel and it works

thank

Answer 8

Did you try reinstalling Visual Studio, as you were told?