The project type is not supported by this installation… vs2010 mvc3

Question

I'm trying to open a mvc3 project on my system, but I'm getting an error message in a popup saying 'one or more projects were not loaded correctly .please see the output window for details' and when I close the popup , below I'm seeing a message 'The project type is not supported by this installation.'

I have mvc3 installed on my system and this project is developed in mvc3. I am not sure what is the issue, many times when I try to open projects developed on other machines, I get the same error. I am able to develop mvc3 projects on my system and run them with out any issues

Answer 1

maybe one or more files isn't available in your project files. check files included your project in explorer