Tips : devenv.exe Problem
Since I am super busy in my work :P, running devenv.exe from Run menu instead of finding the shortcut of VS 2003 in Start Menu can save me a lot of time. When Microsoft distributed a hundred versions of Whidbey I gladly installed/uninstalled the latest version for checking its new features [along with sending a thousand error report to microsoft .. ]:-))…
Unfortunately, after UNINSTALLING Whidbey from my machine I was unable to call “devenv.exe” to launch Visual Studio 2003 coz some of register keys have been changed when I installed Whidbey.So after a lot of effort I found out how to fix this and I am sharing it with you all.
Steps to perform
- Open registry editor (regedit.exe)
- Go to this path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\devenv.exe”
- Check the value of this key.. [ you will see this string " C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\ Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"]
- Change this string to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\ Common7\IDE\devenv.exe”
- Done!!
Check : Type “devenv” in run menu… Wow! Visual Studio 2003 is opening… Hope you will find it useful..
