VS2005 Settings file location - fixed in VS2008?

[DavidWhite]

In VS2005, the MyDocumentsLocation registry key appears that it must point to the real MyDocuments folder, which for me is on a network server, resulting in a 90% reduction in compile speed when connected via VPN, as VS appears to access this folder during the Build process (even if it does no do anything in the folder).

If the MyDocumentsLocation key gets changed even to point to where the vssettings file have been exported (in my case C:\Dev and the Visual Studio2005 subfolders, on opening VS2005, it fails to find the file in MyDocuments, so resets all the registry keys which were pointing to C:\Dev back to point to the network folder.

There have been hints on this forum earlier that this behaviour has been fixed in VS2008. Can anyone confirm that beforeI spend money to upgrade to VS2008? I need to have all VS files on my local machine while still connected to the network via VPN. By corporate policy MyDocuments must be on the network machine.

Thanks,


David

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Why don't you download the free 90-day trial of VS2008 and try it for yourself?

[DavidWhite]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

Why don't you download the free 90-day trial of VS2008 and try it for yourself?

Sorry Steve, I didn't know this was possible.

Can I have VS2005 and VS2008 coexisting on the same machine?

Thanks,
David

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes indeed - I have VS2008, 2005, 2003 and 98 on the same system.

[DavidWhite]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

Why don't you download the free 90-day trial of VS2008 and try it for yourself?

Steve,

I now have VS2008 Protrial version installed. How do I get IVF integrated with VS2008? Do I need to do another install of IVF or is there a shorter way? I still have IVF integrated with VS2005 also.

Thanks,


David

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Run the setup.exe in the download folder (such as C:Program FilesIntelDownloadFortranCompilerPro11.0) and do a
"Modify". You should then be able to choose integration into VS2008 to add.

[DavidWhite]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

Run the setup.exe in the download folder (such as C:Program FilesIntelDownloadFortranCompilerPro11.0) and do a
"Modify". You should then be able to choose integration into VS2008 to add.

Thanks Steve. Have run the modify option and installed the Fortran Integration, however, VS2008 does not recognise Fortran. Can't see any diagnostics from the integration run, it appeared to run successfully. Any ideas what to check? Any possibilty that the Trial version of VS2008 does not permit IVF integration?

Thanks,

David

P.S., have passed onto Premier Support as issue 547462.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The trial version works - I've used it myself. I suggest uninstalling IVF and reiinstalling.

[DavidWhite]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

The trial version works - I've used it myself. I suggest uninstalling IVF and reiinstalling.

Steve,

Thanks, that fixed the installation issues.

I can now confirm that when connected to the VPN, compile times for VS2008 and VS2005 are similar (pos. up to 20% longer for 2008). However, the issue of accessing My Documents on a network drive still exists, and as reported in a separate thread, appears to be connected to ifort and fortcom. I'll pass these comments onto Premier Support.


Thanks,

David