installation - Cordova Multi-Device Hybrid Apps (Preview) for Visual Studio | Can't load project

Question

I've installed the CTP Multi-Device Hybrid Apps for VS 2013.2

There's no project template for hybrid apps and when i open a example project i get this error:

D:DownloadsWinJS ToDo Sample for Multi-Device Hybrid AppsJavaScriptWinJSToDoWinJSToDo.jsproj : error  : The imported project "C:Userskevin.martinsAppDataRoaming
pm
ode_modulesvs-mda-targetsMicrosoft.MDA.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.  D:DownloadsWinJS ToDo Sample for Multi-Device Hybrid AppsJavaScriptWinJSToDoWinJSToDo.jsproj

Answer 1

This is an odd situation and should generally not occur. It seems the VSIX file got copied over but was not installed correctly.

Here's the work around (run using an administrative command prompt):

"C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0Common7IDEVSIXInstaller.exe" /admin /uninstall:MultiDeviceHybridApps..db151788-9b27-49db-a5e2-d25a2653eb83

This removed the broken entries for the VSIX from the previous failed attempt to install. Following this, issue another command:

"C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0Common7IDEVSIXInstaller.exe" "%localappdata%MicrosoftMultiDeviceHybridAppsMicrosoft.VisualStudio.MultiDeviceHybridApps.vsix" /admin

At this point, the VSIX should be installed successfully and the templates will become available in Visual Studio.