1) Right Click On SmartClientFactoryPackage -> Properties 2) Set "Start External Programe:" to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe (for 64bit VS) C:\Program Files \Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe (for 32bit VS) 3) Set "command command line argument:" to /rootSuffix Exp 4) On Windows Start Menu: Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK -> Tools -> Reset the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Experimental Instance 5) Press Ctrl + F5 This will starts an experimental instance of Visual Studio