Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Core requires the Visual Web Developer feature to be installed in Visual Studio 2012 - azure

i'm trying to install WindowsAzureTools.vs110.exe on mu Windows 7 PC. I have Visual studio 2012 Ultimate installed. The installation of WindowsAzureTools.vs110.exe ends with fatal error: Fatal Error 0x80070643. In the log file there is nothing interesting, but in the event log there is error:
Product: Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Core --
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Core requires the
Visual Web Developer feature to be installed in Visual Studio 2012
(Professional or above).
can somebody help what I'm missing?
I have installed full version of VS2012 with all components.
thanks

Could you try installing the full package for Visual Studio instead? Link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=254364&clcid=0x409
And for the manual installation you have to know that there are 2 download pages, maybe you downloaded it from the wrong page:
Windows Azure SDK for .NET - June 2012 -> You need this one if you use VS2012 RC
Windows Azure SDK for .NET - June 2012 SP1 -> You need this one if you use VS2012 RTM

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I installed Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (downloaded from MS download center) and lost the connection to Team Foundation Server from Team Explorer. Before that, I was connected right at VS2012 startup. It is not the case anymore and I cannot connect to Team Foundation Server from any entry in VS (Team menu or Team explorer window).
For instance, nothing happens when I click this link:
No modal error window, no indication of an error occuring in windows event viewer or in VS ActivityLog file in roaming directory, so I assume that there was no error.
I tried these and it changed nothing :
Repair VS2012 from Windows configuration panel
Install Team Explorer for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
based on this blog post: Connecting to TFS
Restore my system from the restoration point of VS2012 update 4. I got this error at restart :
An unspecified error occured during system restore : (Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (KB2707250)). additional data : 0x80070005.
Install VS Update 4 in system admin mode but the result was the same (corrupted VS install)
The only working part left of VS was the source control explorer. Appart from starting and using source control explorer, VS is unusable. e.g. when I started a web application using VS development server, I got an error message saying that my VS installation was probably corrupted. The only way around was to uninstall and reinstall VS. Some of my co workers have installed Update 4 and do not experience the same issue. But this Stackoverflow question is about the same bug.
Team explorer window is very different without Update 4.
From event viewer, I see errors which all have the same pattern. Their occuring time match my attempts to install VS 2012 Update 4
Here are their data (I have filtered and removed duplicates)
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64) - 1>Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe . Error code = 0x80131f07
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64) - Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\x64\aspnet_merge.exe . Error code = 0x800700d8
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64) - 1>Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\WinMDExp.exe . Error code = 0x80131f07
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64) - 1>Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\SecAnnotate.exe . Error code = 0x80131f07
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Blend\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WwaClientPS.dll because of the following error: The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131018).
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Blend\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WwaClientHost.dll because of the following error: The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131018).
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Failed to compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Blend\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WwaClient.dll because of the following error: The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131018).
Here is an export of my corrupted VS2012 installation info :
Microsoft Visual Studio Premium 2012
Version 11.0.61030.0 Q11REL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.51209
Installed Version: Premium
Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012
Visual Basic 2012 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft Visual Basic 2012
Visual C# 2012 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft Visual C# 2012
Visual C++ 2012 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
Visual F# 2012 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft Visual F# 2012
Visual Studio 2012 Code Analysis Spell Checker 04941-004-0043007-02023
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Code Analysis Spell Checker
Portions of International CorrectSpell™ spelling correction system © 1993 by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio 11.2.0.3.20
Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio Copyright (c) 2005, 2012
PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer 1.0
Microsoft Visual Studio extension to visualize aggregated summaries from the PreEmptive Analytics product.
SQL Server Data Tools 11.1.20627.00
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools
You need to click the configure team projects link.
Check your proxy settings from your browser. We generally get this issue when proxy activated. For example fiddler changes proxy settings but sometimes after closing, fiddler does not deactivate proxy again and we face with TFS connection problem.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 new mobile phone project

I'm new in Visual Studio. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 (Version 11.0.50727.1 RTMREL).
Need to create windows mobile 6.5 application. When I go to File > New > Project I cannot find Windows Mobile in the list of templates. I tried installing Windows Mobile 6.5 Development Tool Kit still doesn't show up. Any ideas?
Yes, you need either Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 and better than the Express edition.
Then you need to install the Windows Mobile 6 SDK or the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK.
In Visual Studio 2005/2008 you will see SmartDevice in the list of Project Templates when you start a new project.
A trial of VS2008 can be downloaded at http://downloadfreesoftwaresforpc.blogspot.de/2012/05/visual-studio-2008-professional-edition.html (http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/d/81d3f35e-fa03-485b-953b-ff952e402520/VS2008ProEdition90dayTrialENUX1435622.iso)
You can upgrade the trial following MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc442563%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
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Adding Windows Phone 8 SDK on PreInstalled Visual Studio 2012

I have Visual Studio 2012 Installed previously, now I want to add the Windows Phone 8.0SDK to my visual studio 2012.
When I head on to the msdn website to get the sdk, the installer installs SDK and Visual Studio 2012 Express.
I just want the SDK on VS2012. How can I do this ?
The latest Windows Phone SDK should notice that you already have VS2012 and only add the required bits.
The Windows Phone SDK provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express
2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual
Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions.
Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471

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This might not be the right forum for an issue I'm having, however, I'm dead in the water until I can solve it.
My VS 2012 solution has a Database project: Database.sqlproj.
Today I hit a colliding package problem that led me to reinstall and repair Sql Server Data Tools to eliminate warnings. The activity log revealed that the installation apps had been creating incorrect names in the registry. Ten+ names in the registry had paths in which a backward slash had been left out between "Program Files(86)\Visual Studio 11.0" and "Common7". The path shown in the errors in the activity log looked like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0Common7
I searched for and corrected those errors in the registry, opened VS 2012 and my project without errors, or so I thought. I discovered that I could no longer 'Publish' the database project. Looking into the SQL Server Object Explorer and the activity log I now see this:
Construction of frame content failed. Frame identifier:
ST:0:0:{fbcae063-e2c0-4ab1-a516-996ea3dafb72} Frame caption: SQL Server Object
Explorer Exception details: System.ArgumentException: The parameter is
incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) at
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32
errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Int32 errorCode) at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32
id, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool) at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.FindToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32
id, Boolean create, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool) at
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toolWindowType, UInt32 id) at
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Thanks for any help with this,
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Installation Information
Windows 7 Professional
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012
Version 11.0.51106.01 Update 1
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.50709
Installed Version: Professional
Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012 04938-004-0033001-02913
Microsoft Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012
Visual Basic 2012 04938-004-0033001-02913
Microsoft Visual Basic 2012
Visual C# 2012 04938-004-0033001-02913
Microsoft Visual C# 2012
Visual C++ 2012 04938-004-0033001-02913
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
Visual Studio 2012 SharePoint Developer Tools 04938-004-0033001-02913
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 SharePoint Developer Tools
NuGet Package Manager 2.2.40116.9051
NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.
SQL Server Data Tools 11.1.21208.0
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools
Telerik OpenAccess ORM 2012.3.1404.1
Telerik OpenAccess ORM Copyright © 1996–2012 Telerik AD
OpenAccess is the ultimate data access layer solution for Microsoft .NET database applications.
www.telerik.com/orm
Web Developer Tools 1.1.31017.0
Windows Azure Tools October 2012
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OK. I uninstalled VS 2012 and then reinstalled with the latest version. That took care of all of the issues.

Does Visual Studio 2012 include the full Windows SDK

If I've installed the Visual Studio 2012, do I need to install the Windows SDK, or are all tools / parts of the SDK included as part of the Visual Studio installation.
The visual studio 2012 installer does not contain the full Windows SDK or Visual Studio 2012 SDK. these need to be installed separately.
Depends on which version of VS 2012 you have installed. Professional version and above include the Windows 8 SDK, so unless you are planning to develop applications for Windows XP or earlier versions of the OS, there is no need to install the SDK separately - you would already have it.
However, if you have installed VS 2012 Express, I would suggest referring to on-line documentation for clarification on this issue.
See this post for more information:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2012/03/22/where-is-the-directx-sdk.aspx
"The DirectX SDK is now part of the Windows 8.0 SDK."
"The Windows SDK for Windows 8 (aka Windows 8.0 SDK) is included with Visual Studio 2012, and is also available as a standalone package for use with Visual Studio 2010."

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