Microsoft visual C# 2008 compiler could not be created. Please re-install Visual Studio

Question

Any idea how to fix this error in Visual Studio? This error occurs when trying to create a new C# Console Application. I can create and build a C# Website, but Intellisens

Answer 1

None of the above solutions did the trick for me. Maybe it's because we are working with TFS 2010?

What solved the problem for me was reinstalling KB974558

Maybe it was the combination of doing all that registry stuff mentioned above and reapplying the patch - who knows?

Although this thread is a little bit outdated there may be some other guys out there who have to stay with VS 2008 because they have to keep Compact Framework applications alive