The (localdb)\ProjectsV12 and (localdb)\ProjectsV13 instances are created by SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and should not be used by applications

(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB is the SQL Server Express 2014/2016 LocalDB default instance name and an &quot;automatic instance&quot;.

You can use the sqllocaldb.exe command line tool to manage which version (2014 or 2016) owns the MSSqlLocaldb instance

And (localdb)\v11.0 is the SQL Server 2012 LocalDB default instance name



I&#39;ve been struggling with this issue for more than a week, and most likely it is a bug in the **Qualcomm GPU/hardware video encoder**. Since we are pressed to release the application, and their developer forums did not provide any feedback, I am posting it here too, hoping that someone is able to provide some clues, or even better, a workaround so that the bug in the encoder is not triggered.
 
The application encodes from a Surface. When certain images are rendered to the surface, the encoder fails (100%) in the same place (when the frame currently being encoded is a key frame). The Logcat output from the encoder at the point of the crash is(with the last lines repeated at a very high rate):

    11-26 11:41:33.312: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: async_msg_process() - Error statuscode = 1
    11-26 11:41:33.312: E/ACodec(29317): [OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc] ERROR(0x80001009)
    11-26 11:41:33.312: E/MediaCodec(29317): Codec reported an error. (omx error 0x80001009, internalError -2147483648)
    11-26 11:41:33.362: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: venc_use_buf:set input buffer failed 
    11-26 11:41:33.362: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: in dev_use_buf
    11-26 11:41:33.362: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: empty_buffer_done() failed!
    11-26 11:41:33.372: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): m_fbd_count at o/p flush = 306
    11-26 11:41:33.372: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): m_etb_count at i/p flush = 313
    11-26 11:41:33.372: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: ioctl VEN_IOCTL_CMD_FILL_OUTPUT_BUFFER failed
    11-26 11:41:33.372: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: dev_fill_buf() Failed
    11-26 11:41:33.372: E/OMX-VENC-720p(25949): ERROR: FTBProxy() failed!

I can replicate it also on [Grafika][1] by simply replacing in the _Record GL app_ the drawing of two geometric forms with drawing one of the problematic images, full screen, in landscape mode, and changing the bitrate to a higher value (7Mbps).
The crash of the encoder happens sooner for larger bitrate.

Here is one [image][2] that seems to break it easily and here is [RecordFBOActivity.java][3] with the required changes. 

With Grafika, I tested and the encoder crashes on both Samsung S4, international version, and on the original Nexus 4. With our software, which is a little more complex than rendering the plain image, it still crashes on both. Did not test on any other Adreno devices. On Samsung S3, with a Mali 400 GPU, it works fine.

At 4Mbps, the encoder in our application still crashes on both S4 and N4, but later. Grafika crashes on N4 in the same place, but not on S4.

EDIT: According to comments bellow, it can be reproduced also when encoding the same image from the buffer. Various tests seem to narrow the conditions to reproduce it at: h264 hw encoder on Qualcomm devices, encoding a still image for many frames (this determines very low bitrates in the encoder due to similar frames), error appearing while encoding a key frame (the error appears only when encoding certain images, which seem to have more detail, i.e. need many bits for intra coding).


  [1]: https://github.com/google/grafika
  [2]: http://turl.ca/tqzs
  [3]: http://pastebin.com/gYXn5UWa

Encoder crash on Adreno GPU while encoding from Surface

I have my app installed in my cell with version 1.0.5 ( Version code 9)

In Google Play Store, I can see my app with version 1.0.7 ( Version code 11 ), but it doesn&#39;t show me the button update ( it is showing me the button &quot;Open&quot;)

Is it something I have to include in my app???

Is it a bug in Play Store???

Is it a configuration problem???

I join my AndroidManifest.xml


&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
&lt;manifest xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
    package=&quot;com.myapp&quot;
    android:versionCode=&quot;11&quot;
    android:versionName=&quot;1.0.7&quot; &gt;

    &lt;uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion=&quot;16&quot;
        android:targetSdkVersion=&quot;20&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.INTERNET&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;com.spg.googlemaps.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.CAMERA&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS&quot; /&gt;
    
    &lt;!--
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.WAKE_LOCK&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name=&quot;android.permission.BATTERY_STATS&quot; /&gt;
    --&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature
        android:name=&quot;android.hardware.camera&quot;
        android:required=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature
        android:name=&quot;android.hardware.camera.front&quot;
        android:required=&quot;false&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;permission
        android:name=&quot;com.spg.googlemaps.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE&quot;
        android:protectionLevel=&quot;signature&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;uses-feature
        android:glEsVersion=&quot;0x00020000&quot;
        android:required=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;application
        android:name=&quot;com.myapp.MyApplication&quot;
        android:allowBackup=&quot;true&quot;
        android:icon=&quot;@drawable/ic_launcher&quot;
        android:label=&quot;@string/app_name&quot;
        android:logo=&quot;@drawable/ic_logo&quot;
        android:theme=&quot;@style/Theme.AppCompat&quot; &gt;
        &lt;uses-library android:name=&quot;com.google.android.maps&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;meta-data
            android:name=&quot;com.google.android.gms.version&quot;
            android:value=&quot;@integer/google_play_services_version&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.SplashScreen&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/app_name&quot;
            android:noHistory=&quot;true&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot;
            android:theme=&quot;@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar&quot; &gt;
            &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                &lt;action android:name=&quot;android.intent.action.MAIN&quot; /&gt;

                &lt;category android:name=&quot;android.intent.category.LAUNCHER&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.LoginActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_login&quot;
            android:noHistory=&quot;true&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot;
            android:windowSoftInputMode=&quot;adjustResize|stateVisible&quot; &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.DashBoard&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/app_name&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.FragmentTabsPdv&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/app_name&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
            &lt;meta-data
                android:name=&quot;android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY&quot;
                android:value=&quot;com.myapp.DashBoard&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;

        &lt;meta-data
            android:name=&quot;com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY&quot;
            android:value=&quot;@string/maps_key&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.RutaActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_ruta&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
            &lt;meta-data
                android:name=&quot;android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY&quot;
                android:value=&quot;com.myapp.FragmentTabsPdv&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.BaseActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_base&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.SettingsActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_settings&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
            &lt;meta-data
                android:name=&quot;android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY&quot;
                android:value=&quot;com.myapp.DashBoard&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.InformacionPdvActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/infoPdv&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot; &gt;
            &lt;meta-data
                android:name=&quot;android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY&quot;
                android:value=&quot;com.myapp.RutaActivity&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
    
        &lt;receiver android:name=&quot;com.myapp.BaseActivity$NetworkChangeReceiver&quot; &gt;
            &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                &lt;action android:name=&quot;android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/receiver&gt;
    
        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.MetricaTabs&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_metrica_tabs&quot;
            android:screenOrientation=&quot;portrait&quot;
            android:windowSoftInputMode=&quot;adjustPan&quot; &gt;
            &lt;meta-data
                android:name=&quot;android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY&quot;
                android:value=&quot;com.myapp.RutaActivity&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;

        &lt;meta-data
            android:name=&quot;com.crashlytics.ApiKey&quot;
            android:value=&quot;7d80161d908dd5424f232598dba254c7d2a43307&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;activity
            android:name=&quot;com.myapp.SendMessageActivity&quot;
            android:label=&quot;@string/title_activity_send_message&quot; &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
    &lt;/application&gt;

&lt;/manifest&gt;

Play Store having new version of the app, but not showing update

I&#39;m using SQL Server 2014 Express and the LocalDB option, and I have the following in my SQL Server object explorer pane in Visual Studio 2013...

![enter image description here][1]

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZlDR7.png

So what is the difference between `(localdb)\ProjectsV12` &amp; `(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB`?

LocalDB SQL Server 2014 Express creates 2 instances (localdb)\ProjectsV12 &amp; (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB?

I'm using SQL Server 2014 Express and the LocalDB option, and I have the following in my SQL Server object explorer pane in Visual Studio 2013...
<img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZlDR7.png" alt="enter image description here">
So what is the difference between <code>(localdb)\ProjectsV12</code> &#x26; <code>(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB</code>?

I am attempting to publish and consume versioned NuGet packages of class libraries while avoiding headaches for local development. Here is a sample Visual Studio solution layout:

    | Libraries
      | LibraryA
      | LibraryB
      | LibraryC
    | Applications
      | ApplicationD
      | ApplicationE

This is a single solution containing both shared class libraries and multiple applications. Currently references to the class libraries by the applications are local in-solution references.

What I would like to do is to publish the libraries (A,B,C) as versioned NuGet packages which are then referenced by the applications as needed (D,E). This allows a change to a shared library to be independent from an update to an application which is deployed. Without this, changing one library could cause the binaries to change in a dozen or more applications, all of which would technically need to be tested. This is undesirable, and versioning with NuGet fixes this.

However, let us say that I want to update the content of LibraryA and ApplicationD at the same time. In order to do this after we have switched to NuGet, I will have to make changes to LibraryA, commit them, wait for the package to be created, tell ApplicationD to update its reference to LibraryA, and then test or develop in ApplicationD. This is far more complicated than simply working with both at the same time using local in-solution references.

What is a better way to get both the robustness of versioned NuGet packages for my shared class libraries while also keeping development simple even if it spans over multiple projects and applications? The only other solutions I have found all involve too much overhead or headache, such as having to constantly change the references for ApplicationD between the NuGet package and the local project.

**EDIT:** To clarify the premise, this question assumes the following:

 - The architecture (solution and project organization) cannot be significantly reorganized
 - Shared libraries are going to change at a non-trivial frequency
 - Changing a shared library cannot force any application to be updated
 - Applications can reference different versions of shared libraries

Pain-free local development while also referencing NuGet packages

When opening an already existing solution in Visual Studio, it says

&gt; The C# project &quot;...&quot; is targeting &quot;.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2&quot;, which is not installed on this machine.

![Screenshot error message][1]

I have already tried

- Selecting option 2, but it brings me to a generic Microsoft search page ([http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx))
- Installing the .NET Framework 4.5 SDK (as proposed by [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/21949869/480982))
![enter image description here][2]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/23WdQ.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/E6h9Y.png

Targeting pack for .NET 4.5.2 not installed

I have installed VisualStudio 2013 Community, as per Microsoft documentation [VisualStudio 2013 Community][1] is free and will not require any license. 

But today I saw a notification on VisualStudio 2013 community IDE prompting me to update the trial license. Is this a bug?


  [1]: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2013-community-vs.aspx

VisualStudio Community 2013 prompts to update trial license

While uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview, it throws an error quoting &quot;Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview has stopped working&quot;

Message Content Include: 

&gt; A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will
&gt; close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

I googled and found a utility that uninstalls visual studio 2010 [here][1] but nothing exists for Visual Studio 2012, 2013 and 2015. My questions are:

Is there any generic utility that uninstalls Visual Studio by Version ? 

Or Is there a way to forcefully uninstall visual studio 2012 onward without using the Program and Features menu?

  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2014/08/20/visual-studio-2010-uninstall-utility-back-online.aspx

Force uninstall of Visual Studio

Is there a way to organize C# usings (remove and sort, in separate or together) via a shortcut in Visual Studio for one or more files of a project?

I know that this can be done via the menu for one file by selecting 

`Edit &gt; IntelliSense &gt; Organize Usings &gt; Remove and Sort`

but I want to do this much faster.
I am using Visual Studio 2013 Express for *C#* development (wondering how this can be done in older &amp; other versions too though). Thank you in advance.

What keyboard shortcut is there to organize C# usings in Visual Studio?

### Problem

I don&#39;t understand how to make LocalDB show up in the SQL Server Object Explorer. On some VMs, it shows up automatically, on some other VMs, it doesn&#39;t. Still, after googling for hours, I don&#39;t get it.

### Current situation

1. I have a clean VM
1. I installed Visual Studio 2015 Community (all default settings)
1. I let a console application run (Entity Framework 6, code-first, console application) which worked on another VM and created a database automatically which then showed up in the SQL Server Object Explorer; but not this time

The error says:

    System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 52 - Unable to locate a Local Database Runtime installation. Verify that SQL Server Express is properly installed and that the Local Database Runtime feature is enabled.) ---&gt; System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified

So, on this VM, no database gets created and nothing shows up in the SQL Server Object Explorer&#39;s `SQL Server` node.

[![Connecting to LocalDB][1]][1]


### What I think to know

- Visual Studio 2015 Community comes with LocalDB; so everything should just work out of the box, but it doesn&#39;t, and I don&#39;t know why
- LocalDB databases are just a pair of files (*.mdf and *.ldf)
- I&#39;ve seen the files being created at the default database location at `C:\Users\&lt;username&gt;\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\MSSQLLocalDB`; but on this VM, there is no such folder
- The `App.config` looked every time like this (and it was automatically created that way when I installed Entity Framework 6 the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio):

### App.config

    &lt;configuration&gt;
      &lt;configSections&gt;
        &lt;section name=&quot;entityFramework&quot; type=&quot;System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089&quot; requirePermission=&quot;false&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/configSections&gt;
      &lt;entityFramework&gt;
        &lt;defaultConnectionFactory type=&quot;System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework&quot;&gt;
          &lt;parameters&gt;
            &lt;parameter value=&quot;mssqllocaldb&quot; /&gt;
          &lt;/parameters&gt;
        &lt;/defaultConnectionFactory&gt;
        &lt;providers&gt;
          &lt;provider invariantName=&quot;System.Data.SqlClient&quot; type=&quot;System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/providers&gt;
      &lt;/entityFramework&gt;
    &lt;/configuration&gt;

### Other random comments

- Earlier, with SQL Server, it was necessary to open up certain ports, but LocalDB runs, as I understand it, as a separate process on demand when started by Visual Studio.
- I don&#39;t know how to debug the `SQLException`
- Does LocalDB not come packaged with Visual Studio 2015 Community and do I need to install it separately?

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/NsZiq.png

How to add LocalDB to Visual Studio 2015 Community&#39;s SQL Server Object Explorer?

I am getting an error, While I am trying to connect (LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB through SQL Server management studio. I also tried to login with default database as master the error is same.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]
Here is the Server details.
[![enter image description here][2]][2]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3Gyb.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/dE9Aw.png

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	Ramy Yousef	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Visual Studio-2013	ErikEJ	View Answer on Stackoverflow

LocalDB SQL Server 2014 Express creates 2 instances (localdb)\ProjectsV12 & (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB?

Visual Studio-2013 Problem Overview

Visual Studio-2013 Solutions

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Play Store having new version of the app, but not showing update

Encoder crash on Adreno GPU while encoding from Surface

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