Editor Guidelines

Hi Paul,
I'm using Visual Studio 2012 in 64-bit Windows 7. When I installed this Editor Guidelines, I got the following error message:
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Installation Failed
The installation was unable to install the extension to all the selected products. For more information, click on the install log link at the bottom of the dialog.
This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
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Could you please help me about it?

Thanks a lot!
Kevin

Hi, Kevin. I'm sorry you're having problems. I can confirm that 64-bit Windows 7 is supported. I haven't encountered this problem before. Is there any more information in the "install log" link?

- Paul

Hi Paul. Thanks for your quick response. I post "Install Log" as below.
BTW, I'm using VS 2012 "Express".
I also found the following link, which mentioned your Editor Guidelines, said "Open the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Text Editor". However, I didn't find this item in my registry. In "11.0", I have only "(Default)", "UpgradeCheckScheduledTimestamp", and three folders called "DataProject", SQLDB", and "TeamFoundation".
I'll have a try for "Productivity Power Tools" to see if it can work.
Thanks!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/84209/adding-a-guideline-to-the-editor-in-visual-studio

Install Log:
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2/15/2013 6:50:08 PM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
2/15/2013 6:50:08 PM - -------------------------------------------
2/15/2013 6:50:09 PM - Initializing Install...
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - Extension Details...
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Identifier      : Editor_Guidelines.Microsoft Corp..123716ef-b2ed-4fab-bbcf-1d5f84856ca3
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Name            : Editor Guidelines
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Author          : Paul Harrington
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Version         : 1.11.50618.0
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Description     : Adds vertical column guides to the Visual Studio text editor. This version is for Visual Studio 2012.
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Locale          : en-US
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	MoreInfoURL     : http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/da227a0b-0e31-4a11-8f6b-3a149cf2e459
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	InstalledByMSI  : False
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : 4.5
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	Supported Products : 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 			Version : 11.0
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 	References      : 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		-------------------------------------------------------
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		Identifier   : Microsoft.VisualStudio.MPF.11.0
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		Name         : Visual Studio MPF 11.0
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		Version      : [11.0,12.0)
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		MoreInfoURL  : 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 		Nested       : No

Install Log (Continue):
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2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - 
2/15/2013 6:50:10 PM - Searching for applicable products...
2/15/2013 6:50:11 PM - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
2/15/2013 6:50:11 PM - Found installed product - Global Location
2/15/2013 6:50:11 PM - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
   at VSIXInstaller.App.InitializeInstall()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()

Hi, Kevin. Thanks for providing the extra information. Unfortunately, gallery extensions don't (generally) work on Visual Studio Express. Extensions are supported in Visual Studio Professional and above. Please see my answer to "whirlwin" below.
Sorry about that. I should have realized that was the most likely explanation.

- Paul

Thanks a lot for your answer! -Kevin

Hi.

I recently downloaded Visual Studio 2012 (more precisely Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web).

But it says that this is incompatable, and I can't find it via the extension manager. 

The Express editions of Visual Studio do not support non-Microsoft extensions. While I work for Microsoft, this extension was released as a personal project, so I can't make it work for Express. Sorry.

Paul, but you can give a clue how to modify the registry to make this enable. Even the most basic ascii text editors have this feature by default.

Hmm, clicking to be close to guideline in editor, establishing an insertion point? But remove guidelines is never active, always grayed out.

oops, reopening a code window after closing all and then I could get 'remove'. 
reproducing...
yep, that's it. had to close editor window and reopen to get 'remove'

Hi Paul,

I'm trying to use this extension in the VS 2011 preview, but I get an exception on launch of VS.  This is from the activity log:

346 ERROR Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.JavaScript.LanguageService.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
          C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 11.0\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\WEBCLIENT\LANGUAGE SERVICE\Microsoft.VisualStudio.JavaScript.LanguageService.dll   Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommonIDE.ExtensibilityHosting.VsShellComponentModelHost 2012/03/01 21:29:28.558 

Please could you confirm which version of Visual Studio 11 you are using? The developer preview edition (from September 2011) or the Beta edition from February 2012?

If it's the developer preview, then I'm sorry to say that this version is not compatible.
Can you see if uninstalling the extension makes that error go away?

Obviously, I haven't seen that error myself and none of my colleagues who've been testing it has seen that either. Editor guidelines also does not use the JavaScript language service, so it's hard to imagine how this extension has caused that exception.

Let me know if you figure out what is wrong.