Visual Studio for Arduino - Deep Search Issue

Question

Finally got some time to play with my Arduino. I downloaded the Arduino editor and wrote a quick sketch which worked fine.

I then downloaded the Visual Studio extension from VisuaMicro. I configured it to point towards my Arduino directory, which in my case is : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt

I created a new Arduino project and copied the same sketch it. When I try to build it I get errors as below:

Compiling debug version of 'Sketch1' for 'Arduino/Genuino Uno'
Build Folder: 
file:///C:/Users/bbbsb/AppData/Local/Temp/VMBuilds/Sketch1/uno/Debug
Additional Defines: VM_DEBUG;VM_DEBUG_ENABLE 
1;VM_DEBUG_BANDWIDTH_THROTTLE_MS 50;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL 
0;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SOFTWARESERIAL 1;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_FASTSERIAL 
2;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USB 3;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TEENSY 4;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_UART 
5;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USART 6;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBSERIAL 
7;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TTYUART 8;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_CONSOLE 
9;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_Uart 10;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_COSA 
11;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_CDCSerialClass 12;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL1 
13;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL2 14;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL3 
15;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_UDP 16;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBAPI 
17;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SERIALUSB 18;VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE 
VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL;VM_DEBUG_BREAKPAUSE;
Architecture Tools: 
file:///C:/Program%20Files/WindowsApps/
ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt/hardware/tools/avr/bin/
Api: 1.1706.25-9.061
Sketch Book: file:///C:/Users/bbbsb/Documents/Arduino
Sketch Include Paths
Core Include Paths
Include Path file:///C:/Program%20Files/WindowsApps/ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino
Include Path file:///C:/Program%20Files/WindowsApps/ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/standard
Searching for libraries ...
"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DVM_DEBUG_BREAKPAUSE -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE=VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SERIALUSB=18 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBAPI=17 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_UDP=16 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL3=15 - 
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL2=14 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL1=13 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_CDCSerialClass=12 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_COSA=11 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_Uart=10 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_CONSOLE=9 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TTYUART=8 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBSERIAL=7 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USART=6 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_UART=5 - 
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TEENSY=4 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USB=3 - 
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_FASTSERIAL=2 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SOFTWARESERIAL=1 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL=0 -DVM_DEBUG_BANDWIDTH_THROTTLE_MS=50 -
DVM_DEBUG_ENABLE=1 -DVM_DEBUG -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10805 -
DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -I"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\arduino\avr\cores\arduino" -I"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\arduino\avr\variants\standard" "C:\Users\bbbsb\AppData\Local\Temp\VMBuilds\Sketch1\uno\Debug\Sketch1.cpp" -o "nul"
Access is denied
Preprocess: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DVM_DEBUG_BREAKPAUSE -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE=VM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SERIALUSB=18 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBAPI=17 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_UDP=16 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL3=15 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL2=14 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL1=13 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_CDCSerialClass=12 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_COSA=11 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_Uart=10 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_NET_CONSOLE=9 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TTYUART=8 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USBSERIAL=7 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USART=6 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_UART=5 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_TEENSY=4 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_USB=3 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_FASTSERIAL=2 -DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_SOFTWARESERIAL=1 -
DVM_DEBUGGER_TYPE_HARDWARESERIAL=0 -DVM_DEBUG_BANDWIDTH_THROTTLE_MS=50 -
DVM_DEBUG_ENABLE=1 -DVM_DEBUG -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10805 -
DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -I"C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\arduino\avr\cores\arduino" -I"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\arduino\avr\variants\standard" "C:\Users\bbbsb\AppData\Local\Temp\VMBuilds\Sketch1\uno\Debug\Sketch1.cpp" -o "nul"
Object reference not set to an instance of an object
An error was encountered during the 'Deep Search' library discovery process.

Debug build failed for project 'Sketch1'

I've obviously not setup something correctly but cnnot work out what? Any ideas?

• per1234: I suspect that the problem is that you're using the Windows App Store version of the Arduino IDE. Windows puts some strange restrictions on the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt folder that the Windows Store version of the Arduino IDE is installed to. Please try uninstalling this App thing and instead use the standard IDE downloaded from arduino.cc/en/Main/Software.

Answer 1

If I remember well, you have to "import" the libraries for your project from within Visual Micro.

Answer 2

I had the same problem and just tried it as per1234 suggested: installed the full windows version (not the windows app version), configured the VS extension accordingly and now it builds (same code).