'Project' element for Project is missing in the project manifest.

Question

_{Sunday, May 31, 2015 5:02 PM}

Issue:

1. crated a Solution (tommy.sln) containing project "tommy" by copy and paste of the .sln into the same directory in windows explorer
2. renamed tommy - copy.sln  to tommyTEST.sln
3. opened the Solution (tommyTEST)  in Microsoft Visual Studio (Administrator).
4. it showed the original project name "tommy"
5. i changed the project name to "tommyTEST"
6. i subsequently deleted the Solutiion "tommyTEST" in explorer
7. now if i try to execute any task in project "tommy" i get the error:  'Project' element for Project is missing in the project manifest.

Help!

All replies (8)

_{Tuesday, June 2, 2015 7:36 AM}

Hi wambozi7,

Thank you fro posting in MSDN forum.

>>crated a Solution (tommy.sln) containing project "tommy" by copy and paste of the .sln into the same directory in windows explorer

As you said that you copy the tommy.sln into the same directly in window explorer, could you please tell me detailed location path about the tommy.sln?

For example:

(1) Which path you create and save the tommy.sln containing project "tommy"?

(2) Which path you copy the tommy.sln into it in the windows explorer?

In addition, please tell me why did you want to these operations for this  tommy.sln and project in the VS IDE?

Please tell me more detailed message about it so that we will further help you solve this issue.

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_{Wednesday, June 3, 2015 10:53 PM}

I copied "tommy.sln" from the path:

\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Integration Services Projects\Integration Services Projects\NTSCorpDir

into the same directory. The result was was "tommy - copy.sln" which I renamed to "tommyTEST.sln "

I made the copy because i wanted to point "tommyTEST.sln " to the development environment by changing the connection managers. The Visual Studio shell is 2010and has been running since Q1 of 2014.

Thanks

_{Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:38 AM}

Hi wanbozi7,

Thanks for your reply.

As you said that you copy the "tommy.sln" into same directory, could you please share me the detailed location path about the same directory?

I tried to create a simple C# Windows form sample and then save the tommy solution project location into the C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\tommy like the following screen shot.

And then I copy the sample into same directory C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\tommyTEST and rename the commy.sln to the commyTEST.sln like the following scree shot.

Then, I opened the Solution (tommyTEST)  in Microsoft Visual Studio (Administrator)->changed the project name to "tommyTEST"->deleted the Solutiion "tommyTEST" in window explorer->execute the original project "tommy", but I found that I did got any error message and it works fine from the VS IDE.

So if my steps are not same with yours, please tell me more detailed message about this issue so that we will help you reproduce your issue.

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_{Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:59 PM}

Hi Tina-Shi

In my case "tommy" is not a direcrory. It is a solution ("tommy.sln") in the path  C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Integration Services Projects\Integration Services Projects\NTSCorpDir.  Then  "tommy.sln" is copied into the same folder and the copy is renamed to "tommyTEST.sln" .

In your example, i don't see the original "tommy.sln".

Please do the following:

1. create the the solution "tommy.sln"  in your C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects. Make sure you can run the project "tommy" in the solution. 

2. right-click on the solution "tommy.sln" and copy.  Then paste in   C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects.  

You should see the name  "tommy - copy.sln"

3. right-click on "tommy - copy.sln" and select rename. rename to "tommyTEST.sln". so in the same folder you will have "tommy.sln" and "tommyTEST.sln"

4. now run the project "tommy" again in Visual Studio

5. go back to your C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects folder and delete the solution "tommyTEST.sln".

6. now go back to Visual Studio and run the project "tommy" again.

That is when i am getting the error.

thanks.

_{Friday, June 5, 2015 8:42 AM}

Hi wambozi7,

Sorry for my misunderstanding your issue.

According to your steps, I create a simple windows form application->copy the tommy.sln to same directory:C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects->rename the tommy - copy.sln to "tommyTEST.sln->open the "tommyTEST.sln" in in Microsoft Visual Studio (Administrator)->change the  tommy project name to "tommyTEST"

And then I run the tommyTEST windows form application, it works fine from the VS IDE.

But after I delete the tommyTEST.sln and then open the original tommy.sln from the VS IDE, I could not load the tommy project.

I did some research about it, I find that when we load the tommy.sln, it could not find the original tommy project's tommy.csproj file.

So I suggest you could try to re-name the tommyTEST project to tommy project manually from the window explorer and then open this tommy.sln check this issue again.

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_{Monday, June 8, 2015 10:04 PM}

Hi Tina-Shi,

I tried the rename of "tommy.sln" to "tommyTEST.sln" but that didn't help. Any other suggestions?

thanks.

_{Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:18 AM}

Hi wambozi7,

Thanks for your reply.

To help you better produce this issue, I will install the VS2008 and then check this issue again, so there might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.

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_{Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:47 AM}

Hi wambozi7,

As you pervious said that:

>>the solution ("tommy.sln") in the path C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Integration Services Projects\Integration Services Projects\NTSCorpDir

It seems that you create a SSIS project in the VS2008, am I right?

If yes, from the pervious error message you provided:"'Project' element for Project is missing in the project manifest.

I did some research about this manifest, I found that we can create a .manifest file under a project.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375632(v=vs.85).aspx

Therefore, if you created a .manifest file and add some project configuration in it for your SSIS project from this VS2008.

I suggest you could try to create a new same tommy solution/project include same

.manifest and then compare the original re-named the .manifest check if there have some configuration be changed in the original re-named tommy.sln.

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Thanks,

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