Microsoft KB Archive/835453

= BUG: You cannot open a Setup project when you double-click the icon in Windows Explorer =

Article ID: 835453

Article Last Modified on 5/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Windows Explorer, you may receive the following error message when you double-click the icon of a Setup project that was created by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET:

Windows cannot find ‘ '. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click Start, and then click Search.

Note  is a placeholder for the path of the Setup project where the deployment project file is located.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, open the deployment project file (.vdproj) through the Visual Studio .NET IDE. To do this follows these steps:
 * 1) Start Visual Studio .NET.
 * 2) On the File menu, point to Open and then click Open Project. Open Project dialog box appears.
 * 3) In the Look in box, select the location of the Setup project.
 * 4) Click the .vdproj file, and then click Open.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.



Steps to reproduce the behavior
 Create a Setup project:  Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. On the File menu, point to New and then click Project. New Project dialog box appears. Under Project Types, click Setup and Deployment Projects. Under Templates, click Setup Wizard. In the Name box, type SetupProj .</li> In the Location box, specify the location where you want to save the Setup project, and then click OK.</li> Save and then close the solution.</li></ol> </li> In Windows Explorer, locate the Setup project that you created in step 1.</li> Double-click the .vdproj file.</li></ol>

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