Visual Studio Troubleshooting: This version is unable to open the following projects

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Background

While opening a Project using Visual Studio 2015, we received an error called “This version of Visual Studio is unable to open the following projects”. To fix this issue we need to follow some steps to fix this issue.

Error Screen shots:

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Solutions:

  • Open Web platform installer 5.0 and search for Microsoft Azure SDK for .Net (VS 2015)- 2.9.6 and click on add.

  • Once added, click on install button.

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  • It will ask for accept license permission, just accept and wait for completion.

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  • Also we need to Run devenv /Setup  on Developer Command Prompt for VS 2015 with Admin right and enter the same

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