Unable to find CRM explorer in Visual Studio 2012

After installing CRM Developer Toolkit

·         Some people are reported unable to connect CRM Explorer when we deploy CRMPackage.

·         Some are reported unable to find CRM Explorer in Visual Studio 2012.

·         Some are reported there is no option to connect CRM Server under Tools in Visual Studio 2012.

·         The most common reason for failure is CRM Organisation has not set properly when creating the project.

·         The problem seems to be there is a missing section in the Visual Studio solution file. Follow the below steps to fix the issue.

1)    Close the Visual Studio Project

2)    Open Visual Studio Solution file in a text editor like notepad or Notepad++

3)    Find the Global section and insert the block highlighted with BOLD

Global

                GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution

                                SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True

                EndGlobalSection

                GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution

                                Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU

                                Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU

                EndGlobalSection

               

                GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution

                                HideSolutionNode = FALSE

                EndGlobalSection

EndGlobal

4)    Save the file and Open Visual Studio Project

5)    I f all has gone to normal, the connect to CRM Server will now pop up and ask you to connect to your CRM Organisation.