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Following is how you would get the current solution directory from an add-in: _applicationObject = (DTE2)application; // retrieved from OnConnection method string solutionDir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(_applicationObject.Solution.FullName); How would you do this via a VSPackage? I'm migrating a visual studio add-in to a VSPackage as I'm intending to add some user controls that require a deeper integration with the IDE. I found some good references on the relative merits of add-ins vs integration packages such as: http://nayyeri.net/visual-studio-addin-vs-integration-package-part-1 And

When I'm trying to open any solutions that worked fine before in Visual Studio 2012, the error "Package 'Visual C++ package' failed to load" keeps showing up. And the solution can't be opened. I'm not sure what's wrong with my Visual Studio 2012 installation. user1964417 click the TOOLS--->VISUAL STUDIO COMMAND PROMPT to open the command window input the command "devenv /Setup" open the visual studio 2012 again, it will works. Source: http://happyivyli.blogspot.com/2013/07/visual-c-package-failed-to-load.html Yurker Running command prompt from inside Visual Studio. For easier access, you can

My question is very similar to this one , only that the answer and work-around are not working for me. Also I am in Visual Studio 2012. I have a VSPackage which is referencing another project, which is dependent on other dlls. Everytime time I run my package in debug I get an exception that the other dlls cannot be found. They are in the output directory, and they are signed. I tried referencing them directly by the VSPackage project to no avail. Thoughts? Mikhail Shcherbakov This problem exists because Visual Studio is not looking for assemblies in a folder of your extension if your extension