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Resolving- Error: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly ‘*’ -When running Unit Tests

When attempting to run for the first time on a new machine the unit tests of a project, I got the following error message: Unable to get type (Test method name), (Test project), Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. Error: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly (Test project assembly information) or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a...

Problems Installing Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft has a few suggestions on how to go about fixing the installation issues when attempting to install Internet Explorer 11. To save you all some time you happened to land here before transversing those several pages, I went ahead and summarized the tips & suggestions to save some time. Download and run Microsoft’s Fix it tool. This might solve your...

CodeSearch

Being an avid user of Chrome, always looking up either documentation and programming help, and a great suggestion from a friend, I created the Chrome Extension, CodeSearch. CodeSearch will create a search string from your keywords and use a selection of some of the biggest programming sites to get you accurate programming help instead of being misdirected by ads and...

Attaching a Debugger to a Process in Visual Studio 2010

Ever have one of your applications running out of visual studio, but need to debug a method? An awesome feature you can utilize, if you are not using the express version of Visual Studio, is attaching the debugger in Visual Studio to a process currently running on your computer. Step 1 : Open up the Attach to Process option. Step...

MySQL won’t Install. Missing MSVCR100.dll

So I tried installing the MySQL workbench 5.2, and got stuck since I was missing the MSVCR100.dll. I was installing on a pretty new Windows 7 – 64 bit laptop. What it actually is missing? The Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime. You can find the (x86) runtime here. Try reinstalling after installing the runtime, and you should be good to go!...

Searching Everything In a Directory in Windows

Ever go to search for something in windows that you know is there, but not coming up in the search? This is because most likely the location in which you are searching is not indexed, thus the files are not included in the indexed results. Microsoft decided to make this default to increase the speed in which the operating system...

“The Concurrency field is required”

I spent about an our looking into this error. I had looked at my edmx and everything seemed normal for an auto generated concurrency field. I deleted the table, re-added, but still no luck. I then looked at my model to see if anything had changed from another developer, and had noticed my concurrency field now had a [required] attribute. My thinking was...

Autocompletion for NotePad++

I know I know, Notepad++ is a text editor, not a IDE. However we can do a few things to make our lives easier when programming in Notepad++ such as enabling some basic code completion. To set this up go to Settings -> Preferences , then to the Backup/Auto-Completion Tab. There will then be option under the Auto-Completion group to Enable auto-completion on...

DevLink Schedule For 2011

Wanted to give my schedule for DevLink for those interested so here it is: Keynote 10 Cool Ways to use the Silverlight Listbox Expression Blend and the Visual State Manager : A Deep Dive Functional C# Architecting a Business Application for Windows Phone Simplicity By Design – The Art of Patterns and Practices with .Net 4.0 Design For Developers Connecting...

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