Cannot "Run/Start" Programs

:mad: My Play button and options to Run/Start a program to debug, etc has stopped working. How do I can it back? I am tired of having to publish something before I can test it.

Define "stopped working" - what happens exactly when you press them?

Nothing happens because the button just in not available. Its greyed out all the time and you can run/start programs to test them.

If you just create a new project, are they disabled there as well?

Yes it is disabled on new projects also

What kind of project is it you are making? WinForms, class library, console app, etc..??

winforms and wpf projects

if you right click on your solution in the solution explorer and select "Set startup projects..." what do you see there?

I dont see Set Startup Project at all

ok now I found it

Single Startup project and has my WpfApplication1 selected

Sounds a bit odd to me. I haven't seen that behavior before.

What about items in the debug menu, are they all disabled as well?

yes they are as well.

You could try launching VS in safe mode and see if you get different results. I feel like this is something you will have to try to narrow down.

If you go to start -> run and type devenv /SafeMode it will launch VS in safe mode. Create a new WinForms app and see if you can start debugging.

ok thanks

:check:
Turned on Output as vb.net loaded and it has errors in the since that it suggested this at command prompt

devenv /resetskippkgs

and it all works fine now. thanks