Question

After I deleted some files from my system to save space on my hard disk,
I face the following problem each time i click on any project .exe

the application data folder for visual studio cannot be created

how to fix this problem?

Answer 1

See if these steps fix your problem (taken from a blog article by Aaron Stebner):

1. Click on the Start menu, choose All Programs, then Accessories
2. Right-click on the item named Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator
3. Click continue to launch an elevated command prompt
4. Run "%programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup

The above instructions are for VS2005 – you may need to adjust the path in the last line depending on the version of VS you’re using (VS2008 = “Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0”, etc.). Also, if you’ve installed an Express version of Visual Studio, the .exe might have a different name such as VCExpress.exe or VWDExpress.exe.