SQL Server Compact Toolbox Won't Install with VS 2015

Question

I download SqlCeToolbox.4.4.0.4.vsix and when I double clicked on it, nothing happened. So I put it in the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Extnesions folder and it still won't work.

I searched around, but couldn't find anything. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

This finally worked for me.

1. Open a CMD window as Administrator

2. Go to Common, IDE folder of the VS 2015 installation. In my case:

   CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE
   

3. Execute the installer passing the VSIX file as parameter. In my case:

   VSIXInstaller.exe c:\AppBuilder.vsix