how to open VS 2005 solution using VS 2008?

Question

when i try to open a solution created before with VS 2005 in 2008 i got this error message in VS:

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Microsoft Visual Studio

The application for project 'C:\myProject.csproj' is not installed.

Make sure the application for the project type (.csproj) is installed.

OK Help

How to make VS 2008 open 2005 solutions? i missed to do something?

Answer 1

As the error message already suggests: Have you checked that all components of Visual Studio are installed? Re-run setup and make sure you choose the option Complete.

It is possible to install VS without support for C# projects, so that's probably what is missing here.

Answer 2

VS 2008 should be able to open VS 2005 solutions without any problems (a wizard to convert your VS 2005 solution to a VS 2008 one should pop up). You probably have to give more information if you want a solution to your problem (for instance, is this VS Professional or Express?)

Answer 3

You need to download and install the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard.

Answer 4

This question and after running the command in its answer in Run, everything worked