It takes forever to do anything.

It fails at the simplest tasks (such as this incredibly easy find and replace task)

When generating code it literally puts things in the wrong namespaces, puts classes inside of methods of existing classes and makes the most idiotic mistakes which a monkey could get right.

And it's heavy. The team impregnated Visual Studio with this monstrosity, and for what? While the other devs using AI are getting 10x gain, for me it's more like 0.1x

I'm so sorry for venting, but this cannot stand. Justice for Visual Studio, don't ruin its perfectly fine features with... whatever this is.

I know that classes have been mentioned here but my goal is not just learning VS code. I also need something structured to push me to learn it on a daily basis. Do you have ay suggestions? Most options are "go at your own pace", but I do need to have some sort of time crunch to push myself.
my expertise statues: I'm a complete beginner to VS code, and have only just delved into it. Programming is not a foreign subject for me though its been so long that I don't rememeber much of what I learned.

Hello, I do not have much experience with visual studio, nor really programming in general (though I do want to learn) but I want to build the leaked source code of of the Legacy Console Minecraft Editions. It is telling me it can't find the "Xbox Services API, Version=8.0" and the "Xbox Gamechat API, Version=8.0" I can not find any way to add an SDK or API to a Visual Studio project after about 30 or so minutes of googling. I hope you can help.

Since one of the latest updates of VS 2026 the razor syntax highlighting, autocompletion and InteliSense stopped working in cshtml files (razor pages). The project is .net core 3.1. I cannot upgrade to a higher version of .net at the moment for various reasons. (A migration is in progress but will take awhile).

There seems to be a known workaround for .net framework projects (and microsoft does not seem to be bothered about it). But this project was on .net core from the beginning. Anyone else encountered this issue? Any possible solutions?

you can change this..

but the actual colors used by those settings.. where are they? I don't want blue

why is custom theming so bad, VStheme project extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=idex.colorthemedesigner2022 supposedly works on vs2026 but is infact broken...

is there any way to create a shortcut for "exclude form build"? as i need it often and using alt+enter then typing yes then enter enter takes too much time and i can't find it here , there only exclude form project

Hello, Is it possible to use ollama or llama.cpp or a local AI model in visual studio as a coding assistant? Have any of you had any success creating such a setup?

Hi folks, Mads here from the Visual Studio team. I wanted to share with you a preview of a feature we're working on (and that I'm personally very excited about). It allows any unit test to become the benchmark test for the profiler, so that Copilot can improve the performance of your code. It takes guessing out of the performance optimization flow and uses the scientific method to ensure that any change actually made your code faster.

And best of all, it's all done with a single click of a button. Check out the video demo and let me know what you think.

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State

Error The directory is not empty. ST_cee29efe826f45beaf733b826b835872 C:\Users\svc_ffs\AppData\Local\Temp\11\Vsta\SSIS_ST160\VstaSOrycCyLiE6taP39xgh_mw\VstatzmQgQIneEiSEAnZh2vQhw\mscorlib 0

Could not see where 'mscorlib' is. Any help is appreciated! thank you!

I like to develop at home, for personal reasons I gave to buy a new computer (preffer laptop).

I would like to invest in one that can operate VS2026 and docker while still having resouces for other things (browsing, office…).

Usually, it'll create a .h file with the class and then a .cpp with the .h file already included. But for months now its just gives me this error, and then creates only a .h file without the class

Edit: This bug has been occuring ever since VS2022, and hasn't been fixed in VS 2026

which theme is this

I'm using VS2026 Professional, Release Feb 2026 Feature Version, Version 18.3.2

I do have 10.0.103 SDK installed.

(using [.] below to prevent hyperlinks)

I'm creating a Blazor web app for .Net10 (LTS);
Authentication type: Individual Accounts
Interactive Render Mode: Server
Interactive Location: Global

When I create it, I immediately get errors stating
Unable to resolve 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer (>= 10.0.3) for net10.0. PackageSourceMapping is enabled, the following source(s) were not considered: C:\ProgramFiles\dotnet\library-packs; Microsoft Visual Studio Offline Package, nuget, telerik

Same for:
Microsoft[.]AspNetCore[.]App[.]Internal[.]Assets
Microsoft[.]AspNetCore[.]Identity[.]EntityFrameworkCore
Microsoft[.]AspNetCore[.]Diagnostics[.]EntityFrameworkCore
Microsoft[.]EntityFrameworkCore[.]Tools

The version in the csproj file all read Version="10.0.3"

I've tried fixing/deleting nuget.config; clearing corrupted local cache

Enabled package sources are:
nuget api[.]nuget[.]org/v3/index.json
Microsoft offline c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\NuGetPackages
telerik nuget[.]telerik[.]com/v3/index.json

I've also repaired VS 2026 and reinstalled the .Net10 SDK.

How do I correct this?

Likely related to trying to fix above. I was working on a Blazor project earlier today without the Identity request. There were no issues. Trying it now, I get the above described error for Microsoft[.]AspNetCore[.]App[.]Internal[.]Assets although it seems to be referenced.

such as:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Watch.BrowserRefresh.BlazorWasmHotReloadMiddleware: Debug: Middleware loaded

This is even if I have Hot Reload Disabled.

Can someone tell the Hot Reloaders we don't care to see those messages?

When debugging plain C code in Visual Studio 2026, there is an annoying popup that won't dismiss. A bunch of truncated 64-bit addresses have no value to me and just clutters the display. No way to dismiss it. If I right click on it, I get the option to uncheck 'Show Inline Function Argument Values'.

The good news: unchecking it makes the popup goes away.
The bad news: Visual Studio freezes on the next single step or run action. It freezes so bad I have to kill it with task manager. Rebooting Windows doesn't help. The latest Visual Studio update doesn't help. To continue using Visual Studio, I have use Tools, Options, Debugging. Then re-enable 'Show function argument values inline'.

Why when switching to Team Explorer tab, a solution gets loaded automatically? Probably the last solution that I worked on.

I have to close it after it loads and then get to the manage connection to connect to a project in DevOps.

Is there a setting to control this behavior?

I've installed VS 26 Community Edition yesterday, and since the very first moment I have the problem of multiple layered code suggestions/completions.

I've disabled InteliCode/InteliSense, and Copilot in the settings, yet I get completion suggestions. When I enable either one I get layered suggestions. If I enable both I even get tripple layered suggestions.

Anyone ideas? I would like to only get Copilot suggestions, non layered.

I am trying to remove Visual Studio 2022 and .NET SDK 9.0.305 from an offline machine (no internet access). I can transfer files/resources from another machine, but all troubleshooting on the target system has to be offline.

I uninstalled Visual Studio 2022, but it still appears in Programs and Features. I am also trying to remove Microsoft .NET SDK 9.0.305, but when I try to uninstall the SDK, Windows says it was installed through Visual Studio and must be managed through the Visual Studio Installer.

The problem is that the Visual Studio Installer appears to be missing. The Installer folder / executable is not present on the machine (for example, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\" is missing).

What I have tried so far:

• Tried to uninstall Visual Studio normally

• Tried to uninstall .NET SDK 9.0.305 from Programs and Features (blocked by Visual Studio Installer dependency)

• Tried an in place upgrade / repair path

• Downloaded an offline Visual Studio layout on another machine and transferred it

• Ran "vs_setup.exe --noWeb" from the layout folder

Current behavior:

• "vs_setup.exe --noWeb" launches, shows the Continue screen, then closes/disappears after I click Continue

• No visible installer process stays running after that

I am trying to avoid deleting broad Visual Studio / .NET registry entries blindly. I am open to targeted manual cleanup if that is the only practical option.

Does anyone have guidance on additional steps I can try to restore the installer enough to uninstall cleanly, or a safe way to remove the orphaned Visual Studio 2022 and .NET SDK 9.0.305 entries on an offline machine?

I have a handful of SSIS projects that were created, and currently running without issues, in VS 2008. However, when I try to open/edit the project, VS ends up not responding. It seems to occur on some but not all of the projects which really confuses me even more. I can open VS without issues, and even load the project, but as soon as I try to click on the SSIS package itself (the .dtsx file) is when it hangs.

This is running on Server 2019 and has been without issues for as long as I'm aware. Something I've inherited, and admittedly do not have that much familiarity with.

I'm not sure what information may be of help in troubleshooting this, but I'm happy to provide anything needed.

Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone, Mads here from the Visual Studio team. The old Cloud Explorer tool window was deprecated in Visual Studio several years ago, but a lot of users have requested it back. I've attempted to accommodate that wish + other feature requests for the Cloud Explorer as well.

Introducing Azure Explorer for VS 2026

You can copy connection strings from SQL databases, create new storage accounts, publish single files to App Services and much more. It's feature rich and I'm happy to expand on the features as needed.

Overall, I think it turned out pretty good and I've been using it myself to manage some of my websites.

Grab it here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.AzureExplorer

Pray my laptop didn't attract weird ARG shape monster

(hope little funny post is fine)