Microsoft visual C# 2008 compiler could not be created. Please re-install Visual Studio

Question

Any idea how to fix this error in Visual Studio? This error occurs when trying to create a new C# Console Application. I can create and build a C# Website, but Intellisense does not work. VB Applications work correctly. I tried upgrading to SP1 but that did not help. I would hate to reinstall Visual Studio and have the error crop up again.

"Microsoft visual C# 2008 compiler could not be created. Please re-install Visual Studio."

Answer 1

In the command prompt, I ran:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /resetsettings

Everything works fine now! This saved me a reinstall.

Answer 2

I tried "resetsettings" and repairing the installation form add/remove programs, both didn't work.
Solved the issue by deleting the following registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio

Visual studio will ask you to select the language preference when you open it again. (Make sure that you delete the key from HKCU and not from HKLM)

Answer 3

I reinstalled VS2008 but problem persisted.Then upon running

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs 

my problem was resolved.