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I recently replaced a computer.
On the new computer, none of my Visual Studio projects will load (they are all C++).
I receive the following error message:
error : Project "" does not contain any configuration.
The lack of useful information in the error message is quite lame.
I suspect that the problem may be related to my use of the following files:
Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user.props
Microsoft.Cpp.x64.user.props
These files are critical (and, indirectly, provide the needed configurations).
The latest version of Visual Studio 2019 (on the new computer) does not create those files.
This does not seem to occur on my new computer.
On my “old” computer, they exist in
C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\v4.0
That directory did not even exist on the new computer - so I created it, and put the above 2 .props files there.
I also copied them to :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160
[Where many other .props files exist.]
I read an online post that stated that, although Visual Studio no longer creates those files, it will use them, if they exist.
However, I suspect that they are not being used on my new computer.
That is:
On my old computer, 64 bit builds automatically import Microsoft.Cpp.x64.user.props, and 32 bit builds automatically import Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user.props. Apparently, this does not occur on my new computer.
Again, it is absurdly lame that Visual Studio does not provide details regarding failure to load a project.
So, my question is, how do I handle this?
Basically, how do I get the functionality that I previously obtained via those two .props files?
Thanks in advance
From how-to-set-up-global-include-path-for-c.html
See suggested alternatives in the solution contained in the above link.
Thanks for taking the effort to reply.
However, I don't see how that helps.
The only thing I could gather from that link was the possibility of modifying every single project, individually.
It did not seem to address the issue, other than to say "we don't have a solution, other than modifying every project file".
Well, there is a claim by one person that after the Microsoft.Cpp.*.user.props files were copied from the "old" computer to a "new" computer, that it "worked".
That does not seem to be the case for me, but I'll investigate further - to try to determine whether those files are being imported.
This looked promising - customize-your-build
I apologize.
It was helpful - because of the following.
It showed a second person (I had found one on my own) who claimed that copying Microsoft.Cpp.*.user.props files worked.
So, I investigated further.
It turns out that the Microsoft.Cpp.*.user.props files were indeed being imported (on my "new" computer).
The problem is that I have several "custom" property sheets (that I always create with a text editor, never via VS), and I had missed copying one of them to the new computer.
Thanks for your help.