TaylorMichaelL
Did you verify that your VS installation no longer pointed to D&S for the project, item template and project template directories (Tools\Options) I'm wondering if that is causing all your problems. Like I said, in Vista it is a link rather than an actual directory now. Explorer will display it but you can't click on it.
As for the clean install I personally never upgrade OSes anymore partially for this reason. Security also can be a mixture between XP/Vista. Finally there are all the legacy XP directories/features that might be lying around. I, and it is just my opinion, believe it is better to have a clean, correct OS install rather than an upgrade. This was especially prevalent back during the W2K -> XP upgrade process when XP locked down most of the system files and registry, except if you upgraded from W2K :{
Michael Taylor - 10/24/07
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