Visual Studio 2010 Not Starting with an “The Application Cannot Start” error?

I started getting this error out of the blue trying to startup VS 2010 tonight.  A quick bingle search lead me to the Microsoft Connect site where somebody has already filed it as a bug, and a quick workaround to get VS to start again was to run “devenv /resetuserdata” in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE directory.  The problem seems to stem from having a corrupted profile (at least it did for me), and running that command fixed the problem.



Introduction to jQuery for ASP.Net Developers

On Friday, October 23rd, I will be giving a hands on lab featuring an introduction to jQuery for the ASP.Net web forms developer: “JQuery is an open source JavaScript library that can be used to build rich, interactive, client side applications. Recently, Microsoft has announced that jQuery will be integrated into both ASP.NET web forms and ASP.NET MVC frameworks, which means the time is now to become familiar with jQuery and discover how this powerful library can help your applications.

Upgraded to BlogEngine.Net 1.5

I just updated the site to BlogEngine.Net to the new 1.5 version.  Upgrading was cake and I had no problems.  I also choose a new theme.  I was getting a bit tired of the dark grey, so maybe this theme will lighten things up a bit. 

Windows 7 RC on Dell M1530

I grabbed the fresh bits of the Windows 7 release candidate off of MSDN yesterday (after some adventures in downloading), and repaved my Windows 7 beta install on the Dell M1530 laptop.  Before, I had a duel boot setup between Vista and W7 beta, but rarely went into W7 unless it was to dink around or show it to somebody.  With the RC, however, I plan on making it my main OS on the laptop.

Battlestar Galactica Finale Review

Warning, the following post contains spoilers.  If you have not seen the finale for BSG yet, don’t read any further.  You have been warned! Last night was the series finale of Battlestar Galactica.  I have watched this show since the mini series premiered, and in these days of DVRs, I normally stack up several episodes and watch them back to back.  BSG is the only show that I insist on watching every week.

Tech Trifecta slides and game

Thanks everyone who came to my presentation on XNA at the Tech Trifecta last Saturday.  I had a great time, and there were some great questions and support at the end.  As promised, here are the slides and sample game from the presentation.  Sorry they are a bit late!   Download it here.

Rocky Mountain Tech Tri-Fecta – Schedule is Set!

The schedule for the Rocky Mountain Tech Tri-Fecta has just been released!  It is two weeks from tomorrow, and I will be doing a session on XNA Game Development.  Go check it out here.

IE8 RC1 Out Today

Didn’t see much news about this from this mornings blogsphere, but I’m sure it is coming.  Anyways, IE8 RC1 is out, download it here.