Errors after removing VS 2015 CE and reinstalling VS 2008

I had installed VS 2015 Community Edtion to replace my long-used VS 2008 awhile back, but I did not like it and uninstalled it; everythihg seemed to go OK on the uninstall, completed successfully. I then reinstalled my VS 2008 software, but after it installed, seemingly OK, it would not open any new or existing projects or anything other than code snippets and such. When I try to open a new or existing project, I get an error message:

[MSBuildToolsPath is not specified for the Tools Version "14.0" defined at
"HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\Tools Versions\14.0", or the value specified evaluates to the empty string]

What is going on here? I tried doing a repair of my VS 2008 installation, it went OK no problems or errors reported, but same problem occurs.

If I knew exactly what this message was talking about, I could repair the Reg Key, but I don't know what it is looking for. The VS 2008 tools were installed, but that "14" looks like something from VS 2015 maybe.

Any help or suggestions?

Pete B

Thanks for the reply, but....

One problem with that: I looked in the registry, and that key does not exist! So what the heck is going on, where is that error message coming from when I try to open a new or existing project in VS 2008?

Pete B

Thanks all for the replies. I finally got the matter solved, sort of, after much investigating keys etc.:

I completely uninstalled VS 2008, then reinstalled it, still had the problem. So then I installed VS 2015 as well, whaddya know now they both work!! I am just going to leave them both alone!! :=)

Pete B

Well, after I got the software all reinstalled, I looked at the "missing" key, and it is loaded with about a dozen paths to tools, so I can see why it would be "missed". But at least I am all set now, thanks. To answer your original question, yes, I had deleted everything I saw that involved VS 2015, but I guess I may have missed something.

Thanks

Pete B