I have been experiencing a bit of a problem with Visual Studio 2005 lately which has had me perplexed for some time. When I create a new Windows or Console Application, Visual Studio goes through its motions and I am presented with either the forms designer or the standard module based on the type of project I chose. However, as soon as I hit the F5 button (no code modifications made) the project builds and then does absolutely nothing. The strange thing is that my main Web Site project is not affected by this behaviour, nor indeed is any other new web site projects. Yesterday, I finally got around to looking into this problem more thoroughly and found the darndest thing. The problem appears to be related to my Kensington Mouse (yes, you heard right), my mouse drivers were stopping my Windows or Console applications from building! So after uninstalling the mouse drivers, installing the standard Microsoft drivers and a reboot later, Visual Studio 2005 started to behave itself again.
Who would have thought...?