Cannot find the Create GUID tool in VS2005

Question

I have Visual Studio 2005 Professional ENU installed and want to create GUIDs using its Create GUIDs utility. However, I cannot find it under the Tools menu. What should I do to get this utility? Thanks

Answer 1

<visual studio install>\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe

Answer 2

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db031ebf-7ffa-4604-a6b6-7d60a38c60ca
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Answer 3

File path and name below C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe

Answer 4

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\uuidgen.exe

The first one is the GUI tool. The second one is a handy console line tool.

Answer 5

I'm not sure why it wouldn't be on your Tools menu, but the file you're looking for is called guidgen.exe, and it should be in the Tools folder, i.e. \Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\guidge.exe.

Another thing you could try is to reset your IDE settings. Select "Tools --> Import and Export Settings --> Reset All Settings" to restore the defaults and see if that restores the GUID option to the Tools menu. If you've customized a lot of your settings, you might actually export them first so that you can roll back once you figure out the GUID issue.

Answer 6

I find it handy to use a GUID generator macro than using the GUID generator. You can assign a shortcut key combination for this macro and insert new GUIDs instantly anywhere in the code.

Here is the code for the interested:

Public Module GUIDGenModule

    Sub Create_GUID()
        DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D").ToUpper()
    End Sub

End Module

Answer 7

I have actually switched over to using PowerShell for a lot of tasks that used to be done through spawned tools... try this:

[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()

Answer 8

A while ago I've blogged about some handy Visual Studio macro's that generate new GUIDs. You can bind those macro's to your keyboard and generate GUIDs on the fly in the source editor. Read about them here:

http://www.wirwar.com/blog/2007/11/03/generating-guids-in-the-visual-studio-ide/

Answer 9

The facter of the proble is product package selection. The tool is C++ addons. So when you have vs pro above(not only c#...), install c++ part.