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Stewart Parry
Stewart Parry

Reputation: 128

Missing Visual Studio Web Application publish targets

I am missing the usual publish targets when publishing my c# web application. The usual "Import" and "Custom" options are missing when I go to publish, as well as the "Manage Profiles" drop down that has the option to create a new profile.

Here is the screen I am presented with.

Missing Publish Targets

The buttons on the left hand side are "greyed out"

Here is another screen from a colleague that has the missing options

Correct Publish Targets

I have tried a full reinstall of Visual Studio 2015 update 1 with no success. I have also tried creating a fresh ASP.NET Web application project in a new solution resulting with the same problem.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4754

Answers (2)

Stewart Parry
Stewart Parry

Reputation: 128

In the end this ended up being a corrupt publish profile file in the Properties/PublishProfiles/xxxx.pubxml within the project.

Upvotes: 2

Smartis has left SO again
Smartis has left SO again

Reputation: 5150

There are multipy options for this behavior:

  • Issue with the Web Deploy Tool

    Try to reinstall the current Web Deploy 3.5 Tool

  • Depending on the exact Version of your Visual Studio and your Operating System

    There are known issues about specific OS/Visual Studio combinations.

  • Missing Web Developer Tools at Installation

    Select the Web Developer Tools Option at installation

    Option for installation

Upvotes: 1

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