I lost the Win32 Application wizard...

Hello,

I installed VC++ Express 2005 Beta 2 a couple of weeks ago, followed by the Platform SDKs for Windows Server 2003 and for Windows XP SP2. I didn't manage to understand which of them was what I needed so I installed both (having some problem with the offline setup of the first).

So when I knew that there was a new release which solved my doubts and my installation problems (I hoped), a disinstalled the old ones and installed the latest version.

It was only then, performing the 5th step of what's reported at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx, that I noticed that I have no more a wizard for creating Win32 Applications. The only one I see is for Win32 Console Applications.

I don't know when it's gone, or if I'm confusing with another Visual Studio 2003 Professional installation which I was working on last month... But I remember it was there.

So I looked in ...\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCProjects and I found that there is no Win32Wiz.vsz as expected from reading in the \Win32\Winew.vsdir file.

Searching around the net I found someone complaining that Microsoft forgot to include it, and someone who had no Wizards at all and was redirected to a page that performs a 'repair' of corrupted installations.

Another bit of information... if I choose the Win32 Console Application wizard, going to Application Settings I can't select Windows application as Application type, because it's grayed.

I think something is going the wrong way, can someone help me

Thanks in advance, Piero.

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I lost the Win32 Application wizard...

snehalppatel
I wish I knew what was going on. I have the exact same problem. All I did was follow the uninstall steps for Beta 1, install Beta 2, and poof, no more Win32 application.

I get the same results you do. I can only choose Win32 Console Application, and if I go to the settings to try and change it, Windows Application is not selectable--it has been greyed out. I also cannot choose DLL, though I am not sure if I was able to choose that in Beta 1 or not.

Any help would be much appreciated,

Ben

Irv154449

Hello,
I'm having trouble trying to create a Win32 application in VC++ 2005 Express Edition.
I set up Windows 2003 R2 Platform SDK and followed the instructions to build Win32 apps but no Win32 app wizard there

Still, building a Win32 Console app with Win32 calls works just fine.

rhumbaflappy wrote:

What I had to do was this:
(snip)
By changing the defaults to false, the wizard's radio buttons are activated for Windows application, Console application, DLL and Static Library are all activated.

I also tried that to no success. I read somewhere that the wiz file itself might be missing from the installation.
Anybody with a clue out there
VC++ version is 8.0.50727.42, installed from CDROM ISO.

Thanks for replies

--
Emmanuel

Gaetano77
In Step #5, if I recall, the direction was to do this:

In a text editor comment out lines 441 - 444 by putting a // in front of them as shown here:
```
// WIN_APP.disabled = true; 
// WIN_APP_LABEL.disabled = true; 
// DLL_APP.disabled = true; 
// DLL_APP_LABEL.disabled = true;
```
Save and close the file and open Visual C++ Express.

What I had to do was this:
```
WIN_APP.disabled = false; 
WIN_APP_LABEL.disabled = false; 
DLL_APP.disabled = false; 
DLL_APP_LABEL.disabled = false;
```
By changing the defaults to false, the wizard's radio buttons are activated for Windows application, Console application, DLL and Static Library are all activated.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx

Dick
Waterbaby
With this version of the product, Express Edition, we have tried to keep it very simple. Programming against the .NET Framework is a great start for many students and hobbyists, and the Win32 wizards won't produce a project that is ready to compile, out of the box. We disabled the options. We recognize the need to also have a simple entry point to programming against Win32, so we are considering adding back support for Win32 in the wizards and hope to make it clear that an additional installation (the Platform SDK) is required to get them running.

Thank you for your feedback,
April Reagan, Visual C++ Program Management
I lost the Win32 Application wizard...

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