Question : .rptproj is not installed.

Using SQL v2K, reporting services, visual studio 2005, version 8.0.50727.42
I am an RS newbie, I had created a project, nothing crazy, it worked quite fine.  Now, however, when I login to VS in an attempt to access the project, I receive this error msg:

   The application for project 'D:\Projects\.......\Project Name.rptproj' is not installed.
   Make sure the application for the project type (.rptproj) is installed.

I tried a ton of different things, nothing worked, ultimately I uninstalled and reinstalled VS.  After doing so, I attempt to access the project and it fails w/the same error.

One of my associates indicated he'd seen similar issues with VS before, but his only resolve was to delete and recreate the project from scratch.

Any ideas?  Do I need to remove/recreate the project?

Answer : .rptproj is not installed.

i'm not sure what you mean by saying that your report designer has gone... You can't create new reports after you re-installed Reporting Services?? please elaborte, I presume you meant something else.

In the case you can create your report projects.

Create a new project, then to add an existing data source, right lick "shared data sources" folder and select add existing item, then just browse to the folder of your old project and select the existing file.

To add an existing report, do the same, but right click reports, select add existing item, browse to your existing project and select the existing file.

God luck,
Yurich