Microsoft KB Archive/316093

= Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 may not be able to open files or projects when you use a roaming profile =

Article ID: 316093

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q316093



SYMPTOMS
When you use a roaming profile in Microsoft Windows to log on to your account, Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 may not be able to open some project files or projects on your Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 Start Page.



CAUSE
Visual Studio .NET and Visual Studio 2005 record the full path to the default project location and the paths to locations from which files and projects were last saved or opened. When you use roaming profiles, and you log on to a computer that is not configured the same as the original computer (does not have the same file structure and drive letters), Visual Studio .NET and Visual Studio 2005 might not find some files because the file paths are not the same as those on the original computer.

For example, when you create a project in the C:\VSProjects\WinApp1 folder on one computer, and then you add a file that is located in the E:\References folder on that computer, any other computer on which you open the project must have both a C drive and an E drive. If you open the project on a computer that does not have an E drive, then the file in the E:\References folder will not load with the rest of the project.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

