Can't open silverlight application in visual studio

Question

This is regarding Visual Studio pro 2008 sp1, with resharper and testdriven installed.

I've just installed: Microsoft Silverlight Projects 2008 Version 9.0.30729.146

I find I can't open a silverlight application due to a 'missing patch'. The error dialog directs me back to the download page for the silverlight tools I just installed. (And uninstalled and reinstalled.) I've never installed any beta versions of anything. The google hits for this error go to blog pages that refer to beta version problems, and to the same download I've already installed.

This does not bode well for doing anything with silverlight at this point, the tools won't even run. I really don't want another research project at this point just to get it running. Hope someone knows an easy fix.

Answer 1

The useless error message should say "visual web developer" not installed. They don't check this crucial prerequisite during the tools install. And you can't install visual web developer after you have installed visual studio sp1. vs2008 has to be uninstalled, reinstalled, and sp1 applied. Then the silverlight tools have to be uninstalled, reinstalled. What a joke.