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Manage Client-Side Libraries opens libman.json not UI Dialog

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Manage Client-Side Libraries command in Visual Studio 15.9.4 and the VS 2019 preview, using a project with libman.json. Trace why the project-menu command opens libman.json instead of the UI dialog. Done means the command consistently opens the management dialog in the reported Visual Studio versions.

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The title pretty much sums it up. If I choose "Manage Client-Side Libraries" from my project menu Visual Studio opens the libman.json file not UI Dialog. At one point this was working, but it's not anymore. I am using VS 15.9.4. Tried deleting the libman.json and the .vs folder file but it doesn't help. Also tried restarting my machine. Note: It's also not working in my VS 2019 preview.

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