“There are no property pages for the selection” error in Visual Studio

Question

When I go to edit a properties page in Visual Studio 2015 with C++, I'm always getting the error, "There are no property pages for the selection." This usually happens when I'm switching from one Platform to another (e.g. x64 -> Win32).

Usually it will work if I switch the platform from the main window, but if I try to switch it in the Property Pages, I always get that error.

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

I think this is a bug that has been in Visual Studio since forever. Through experimentation I have discovered that you only hit this bug if you open the project properties by going to the Project menu and selecting <ProjectName> Properties.... Instead, if you open the Solution Explorer toolbar, and then right-click on the project and select Properties from the context menu, you will not hit this issue.