Why Visual Studio 2015 can’t run exe file (ucrtbased.dll)?

This problem is from VS 2015 silently failing to copy ucrtbased.dll (debug) and ucrtbase.dll (release) into the appropriate system folders during the installation of Visual Studio. (Or you did not select “Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015” during installation.) This is why reinstalling may help. However, reinstalling is an extreme measure… this can be fixed without a complete reinstall. … Read more

Check in / Check out in subversion

If you use AnkhSVN in Visual Studio, read its documentation. You may also want to try VisualSVN plug-in if there are issues with AnkhSVN Can someone clarify the steps required to check in / check out to subversion. With SVN you checkout from repository, make local changes, and commit them to the repository with svn commit command.

An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found

ClickOnce Publishing Tools are not installed as part of the Typical Installation Options. So you have to install it in advanced mode.  This dialog can be found in Windows 7 by going to Control Panel > Uninstall a program, right-clicking on Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2015 and selecting Change. A Visual Studio dialog will open up. Select Modify from the set … Read more

ERROR: Cannot open source file ” “

You need to check your project settings, under C++, check include directories and make sure it points to where GameEngine.h resides, the other issue could be that GameEngine.h is not in your source file folder or in any include directory and resides in a different folder relative to your project folder. For instance you have 2 projects ProjectA and ProjectB, if you are including GameEngine.h in some … Read more

Cannot Connect to Server – A network-related or instance-specific error

I get the following error when trying to connect to SQL Server: Cannot connect to 108.163.224.173. A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. … Read more