I'm getting an error in Visual Studio 2008 anytime I try to create a data connection in the Server Explorer: "Unable to add data connection. The IVsDataConnectionDialog could not be initialized"
Also, the existing data connections are disabled and their icon is a red-slash-circle.
So far, the only advice I've found is here:
msdn_microsoft_Forums_vbide_thread Choices there include:
- Reinstall VS2008
- Reinistall .net 3.5 sp1
- rename registry for vs2008 user settings
..but I've tried each recommendation to no avail.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
This fixed the same problem for me.
Try to modify the registry:
- Open the registry
- Rename
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0]
to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0back]
- Restart Visual Studio
Credits: msdn_microsoft_vbide_thread
Sweet GLORY!!! This is fixed now.
BIG thanks to Glenn Berry on this post:
msdn_microsoft_Vsexpressinstall
So I went into these folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\{my login}\Application Data\Microsoft
C:\Documents and Settings\{my login}\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft
... and changed the VisualStudio folder name to VisualStudioXXX
When I restarted the VS2008 I was able to add new data connections in the Server Explorer.
I was getting a different error like:
Unable to add data connection. Could not find a part of the path
'c:\Programmer\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\DBPro\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.SqlViewExtensions.xml'.
at DataViewSupport(4,3)
Deleting the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\DataProviders\{91510608-8809-4020-8897-FBA057E22D54}\TSDataViewExtensions
and restarting VS.NET,
as suggested at
msdn_microsoft_forums_vstsdb_thread, did the trick for me.