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Found in

2019.2.0b7

Issue ID

1168707

Regression

No

[Hub] Visual Studio is not selected as current External Script Editor when installing Unity together with Visual Studio 2019

Hub

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Reproduction steps:
1. Open Unity Hub
2. Go to the "Installs" menu click "Add"
3. Choose and Install Unity 2019.2.0b9 together with Visual Studio 2019
4. Open any Project and go to "Edit" -> "Preferences" -> "External Tools"

Expected result: "External Script Editor" dropdown has newly installed "Visual Studio 2019" as a current selection
Actual result: "External Script Editor" dropdown has "Open by file extension" as a current selection

Reproduces on: 2.0.3

Note:
- Before reproducing the issue, make sure all the Visual Studio versions are uninstalled and "devenv.exe" is not marked as current External Script Editor

  1. Resolution Note:

    Improvement feature planned. currently VS only suggested when not detected

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Comments (2)

  1. rekij22820

    Feb 17, 2020 12:35

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  2. ScottHawkins

    Nov 02, 2019 17:40

    Why is this marked as "by design" when the "actual result" does not match the "expected result"?? The "expected result" is what I would have expected...

    God bless this gentleman who posted a fix:
    https://forum.unity.com/threads/installed-unity-edit-preferences-external-script-editor-did-not-recognize-visual-studio.733592/

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