Some time ago I faced an annoying problem with a freeze of Visual Studio opening a solution with a Setup Project. I found that the problem was related to setup projects (.vdproj) that time and it was something with Visual Studio update, but I was of an opinion that Visual Studio .NET 2008 has problems opening projects created by version 2005. Compatibility or something… however the problem appeared that it cannot even create a new Setup Project with again a freeze.
Luckily, I found a hint on MSDN Forums, and although the solution/workaround was not detailed enough, it worked for me from the first guess. Here it goes:
- Start Component Services (dcomcnfg) from command line
- Right-click My Computer, and click Properties:
In the popped up window uncheck additional security box:
It appears to be sufficient for the Visual Studio .NET 2008 to start loading .vdproj projects again.