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Mike Chamberlain
Mike Chamberlain

Reputation: 42440

No syntax highlighting or intellisense for C# files in VS 2012

I've just installed the RTM version of VS2012 Premium from MSDN (11.0.50727.1). I have created an C# ASP.NET MVC 4 application, and a C# console application, but neither give me syntax highlighting or Intellisense for the following file types:

BUT all other file types seem to work fine, including:

I am running on Windows 7, virtualized in VMWare Fusion 5, on Mac OSX Lion. I also have VS 2010 installed in the same VM, which has and still does run fine.

I have tried running devenv.exe /setup with no success.

I have tried Tools > Import and Export Settings > Reset with no success.

Anyone got any ideas how to get this working?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 4488

Answers (2)

Peter Hecht
Peter Hecht

Reputation: 119

I found I had to run 

devenv /resetuserdata

I chose not to import from previous versions. I had to re-enter all my TFS connections but now my app.config is in color in VS2012.

Upvotes: 2

Mike Chamberlain
Mike Chamberlain

Reputation: 42440

I found I also had Visual Studio 2012 Web Express RC installed. When I uninstalled this, C# intellisense and syntax highlighting magically started to work.

Upvotes: 11

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