Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC Known Issues and Fixed Bugs
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC on March 3, 2016. This article lists the known issues and fixed bugs for Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC.
To see the full list of Visual Studio 2015 products and select a product for download, go to the VisualStudio.com Downloads page.
To discover what's new in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC, see the Visual Studio release notes.
Download the latest Visual Studio 2015 update package now.
This section describes some issues that are fixed in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC.
Visual Studio extensions cache not updated
After you install Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 CTP1, you experience one or more of the following issues when you install ASP.NET 5 RC1 U1:
Server Explorer is missing the App Service node.
The Web Project Publish command is nonfunctional.
Package load failures frequently occur. Also, notifications continue until they are disabled.
The following workaround steps for Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 CTP are no longer required after you apply Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC:
Close Visual Studio.
Open a Developer Command Prompt window for VS2015 (search on "Developer Command").
Run the following command:
devenv /setup
Visual Studio IDE
Assume that you're licensing Visual Studio by signing in to the Visual Studio IDE (that is, not by using a PID). When failures occur, generic error messages are displayed. In this release, error messages provide more usable information about the failure.
A yellow yield sign is displayed next to your sign-in name in the upper-right corner of the IDE. When the yield sign is present, your settings and profile are not roamed. The sign appears after seven days of Internet connectivity to Visualstudio.com during which Visual Studio is not started. Resolving this issue required reauthenticating by using the Account Settings dialog box.
After you apply this update, the settings and profile roam for 90 days after you authenticate within the IDE. Credentials no longer expire after seven days of non-connectivity to Visualstudio.com. After 90 days, reauthentication is required to renew the 90-day authenticated status.
MSBuild
Based on community feedback, we promoted the following warning to an error message:
MSB3644: The reference assemblies for framework "{0}" were not found.
Before this change, MSBuild could produce an invalid build that would fail in production. Now, the build will break, and you must install the correct targeted framework.
NuGet
When you run a NuGet command such as Install-Package in the Package Manager Console, you receive the following error message:
A task was cancelled.
You can safely ignore this error message. The command will complete successfully.
Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015
When you create a LightSwitch project in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2, you receive the following error message:
The 'LightSwitch Designer Hosting package' package did not load correctly.
Workaround:
To use LightSwitch without issues, please use Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. This issue will be resolved in the next update of Visual Studio.
How to download Microsoft support files
Updates for other products in the Visual Studio family can be found on the VisualStudio.com Download page.
Restart requirement
You may have to restart your computer after you install this package.
Software requirement
On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, you have to install update 2919355 (also available through Windows Update) before you install Visual Studio 2015 RTM. This is because the .NET Framework 4.6 installer can't be installed without update 2919355.
Supported architectures
32-bit (x86)
64-bit (x64) (WOW)
Third-party applications
Visual Studio 2015 Setup lets you install third-party applications. For information about which third-party applications are required when you install Cross Platform Mobile Development tools from Visual Studio 2015 , see Knowledge Base article 3060693.
Uninstalling Visual Studio 2015 does not uninstall third-party applications. For information about how to uninstall third-party applications that were installed together with Visual Studio 2015, see Knowledge Base article 3060695.
Applies to
Visual Studio Community 2015
Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
Visual Studio Professional 2015
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Desktop
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Web
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows 10
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