Microsoft Visual Studio

[ThorHammerz]

So whenever I try to open up the solution file in MSVC 2008/2010-shell, I get the "Invalid License - reinstall is required" error which persists past re-installation of VS (at least, the 2010-shell version, will have to do a complete re-install of everything VS related later -_-).

I made the mistake of registering the "trial product" with Microsoft (and from what I've been able to glean from online sources, seem to have screwed up their registry keys or something), which I am fairly certain is the probable cause of this issue.

Has anyone else run into this problem before? If so, how did you fix it? Did a complete re-install of things work out for you?

I am using Windows 7.

 

[ls612]

I think that uninstalling all of your Visual Studio products and getting a fresh key for VC++ 2010 Express and installing that will fix your problems.

 

[ThorHammerz]

Ok, so thankfully it works when I open the solution file inside the application (as opposed to clicking the file in windows explorer).... really did not want to go look up all the dependencies/products again.

On another note, of Visual Studio 2008, 2010 or 2013, which one might be "recommended" for general .DLL modding (in terms of how many file paths or headers I might have to change, since the .DLL compilation guide seems to be mostly for v2008, but 2010 and 2013 offers somewhat better UI functionality).

 

[Inightshade]

I use 2013 (and since I've made the switch, don't have the invalid license problem).

Most would say the interface has improved as the version advances.

Yes the game source is reliant on 2008, but this only means you MUST have it on your system to ?Read? maybe just to compile in a way the game will read...

The guide is relevant to whatever version, style, flavor, brand, w/e of compiler you are using, most of it is needed to compile in a form that the game will acknowledge without hiccup.