Category Archives: Visual Studio

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

Today I got a comment from Vitor, Vitor is getting an exception like this while starting application. The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe … Continue reading

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How to execute ms tests in parallel on multi-cpu / core machines

VS 2010 supports running MS Tests in parallel. Most of the machines available in the market are multi-cpu / core machines. This will help us to increase the number of tests executing in same time, which will reduce total test … Continue reading

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How to use .Net assembly in VBScript

Few days before I got a requirement to use a .Net assembly in VBScript, but it was not working. But today I got the solution. It was related to my 64bit OS. In this post I am discussing how to … Continue reading

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Cloak option missing from source control explorer context menu

Ever noticed some time cloak menu item missing from source control explorer context menu? Cloak option is missing from source control explorer context menu Cloaking used to prevent users from viewing specified workspace folders or for folders you do not … Continue reading

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How to debug Windows Live Writer plugins

This is final post related to live writer plugins and its about debugging the Live writer plugins. While developing I don’t think there is a way we can debug the plugin code. This is after deployment. Initially I faced one … Continue reading

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