Unable to open Design View in VS2005
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:confused:I'm using C# to develop an application for an ARM handheld that uses PocketPC 2003. Part of the time I work on an XP machine at home, and part of the time on a Win2K SR4 machine at work. The application runs under the .NET Compact Framework 2.0. It includes a set of Windows forms for data entry. The application looks fine in the VS design view on the XP machine and deploys properly to the handheld. However, when I tried to open the project's design view under Visual Studio 2005 Professional on the W2K machine at work, I received an error message stating that an input string was improperly formatted and the form did not load. I found a reference to what appeared to be an identical error in Microsoft's Knowledge Base[^]. However, the error persisted even after I downloaded and installed the hotfix developed to fix the error. I'm wondering whether anyone else has encountered this problem, and if so, whether they might have found a workaround. Incidentally, I can build and deploy the solution from my Win2K machine and it runs properly, either under the PocketPC 2003 emulator or on the handheld itself. I just can't make any changes in the design editor on the Win2K machine because the design editor won't load. This problem occurs even if I create a new smart device project in either C# or VB, so it's not just this specific project. It doesn't occur if I create a smart device project in VC++, however. I've repaired VS 2005 through the Add/Remove Programs utility, to no avail. I'm afraid the answer might be a complete re-install of VS 2005 but I dread doing that. I'd be grateful for any ideas or suggestions.