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MontanaRob
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I've used Visual Studio for over ten years in its various iterations. I installed VS 2019 to use for developing SSRS reports--nothing big or complicated here. I was completely blindsided by VS 2019 destroying my home version of Windows 10. This happened after update 16.4. Before that, no problem and I should have ignored their obnoxious nag that tells me to update every time I open the IDE. After the update and a reboot, Windows wouldn't come up and instead went into the infamous Windows 10 Automatic Repair loop. After going through the various options to troubleshoot and repair, I ultimately got the dreaded damaged beyond repair message. The laptop went to the shop since I didn't have a bootup disk I could use to reformat the hard drive and start over again. Nice, huh? Now, afraid to use VS 2019, I installed VS 2017 which I've used previously. When I try to load an SSRS solution I just created, I get an "incompatible" message and another message that says the application is not installed. I have done nothing between the last time I closed the solution and trying to open a couple of hours later. With a fresh Windows 10 installation, there isn't a bunch of software that could corrupt an SSRS solution. Basically, I am frustrated beyond words at what looks like really bad software since I can't think of any other company that puts out software that can easily corrupt an OS and continue to act like like it doesn't want to work.
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