Symptoms
After installing K2 for Visual Studio 2015, when attempting to upgrade K2 solutions from Visual Studio 2010 to 2015, the below error is thrown:
Error in VS 2015
Unsupported
This version of Visual Studio is unable to open the following projects. The project types may not be installed or this version of Visual Studio may not support them.
For more information on enabling these project types or otherwise migrating your assets, please see the details in the "Migration Report" displayed after clicking OK.
Non-functional changes required
Visual Studio will automatically make non-functional changes to the following projects in order to enable them to open in Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2010 SP1. Project behavior will not be impacted.
The option to create a new K2 solution in Visual Studio 2015 is also not available.
Diagnoses
This is a bug in 4.6.11 if Visual Studio is not installed on the C: Drive, but instead (D: or E: etc.).
Resolution
This issue is resolved in 4.7. Please perform the following as a workaround in 4.6.11:
1. Copy the 'IDE' folder from 'C:program files (x86)microsoft visual studio 14.0common7' to 'D:program files (x86)microsoft visual studio 14.0common7' (other drives letter may apply)
2. Run the hStart Menu > Visual Studio 2015 > Visual Studio Tools > Developer Command Prompt for VS2015] with 'Run as administrator' option
3. Issue the following command:
devenv /setup