#1306 Wix project properties only open every second attempt

Installed using the "Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi" package on a machine with both
VS2005 SP1 and VS2008 SP1.

Opened our existing WixProject's solution. When selecting "Properties" for the project, I received "Object Variable Not Set".

I rebooted the machine and "Object Variable Not Set" went away, but not the Properties dialog only opens every second try.

When I select "Properties", nothing happens and occasionally Visual Studio will "lock up" for a second or two. When I select "Properties" again, the dialog is shown correctly.

I can consistently reproduce the behavior - the properties dialog literally only shows every second attempt.

[Jason Ginchereau]

This is a known issue when opening older projects with a newer build of WiX. You'll need to update your project according to the instructions at http://blogs.msdn.com/jasongin/archive/2008/07/09/votive-project-platform-configurations.aspx

[Anonymous]

Implementing the instructions from the blog entry fixed the problem. Thanks!