Fix my updated visual studio

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I recently updated from visual studio 2013 to visual studio 2015. Without doing anything else I opened up a project from 2013 and it told me I could not migrate it but it would do it for me. So I hit okay and went into my project code and I could run it and everything except for my Setup file. Under solution explorer My setup gives an error and says Setup (Incompatible). This project is incompatible with the current edition of Visual Studio. I know the problem is migrating the project but I don't know where to fix it at. When I run the project it comes back as build errors then

'The error is: Could not load file or assembly 'NationalInstruments.DAQmx, Version=9.6.35.292, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=18cbae0f9955702a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.'

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What I have tried:

I have tried exploring the internet for the answer but no solid answer. I have tried renaming the files before and random changes in the code but I don't know how to fix this problem.

Posted 5-Dec-18 11:21am

BH2016

Updated 7-Dec-18 4:51am

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Richard MacCutchan 6-Dec-18 5:06am

Look at the error message: the build system cannot locate a specific file, or one of its dependencies. You need to locate that file and ensure the project reference is correct.

BH2016 6-Dec-18 8:07am

It also says under setup that the application is not installed?.?

Richard MacCutchan 6-Dec-18 9:05am

It really is very difficult for anyone to guess what is happening on your system. You need to investigate in more detail where theses files are, why an installed system cannot be found etc. You need to look into system logs, project files etc.

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07T04:51:00

Setup projects are not included by default with Visual Studio 2015. They are now provided as a separate extension which you need to download and install:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]

There's a separate version for Visual Studio 2017:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]