Why must Microsoft tools work against me?
For example, I just want to open a query window against a SQLEXPRESS database in my Web project and fire off some SQL. You know, the way we did in the old days. I want to create a table from SQL commands, and it tells me, "The CREATE TABLE SQL construct or statement is not supported." Then below that is says the query can't be represented graphically in the diagram and criteria plane. Well no shit, that's why I turned it off.
So then I figured I'd fire up SQL Management Studio and just attach to the database. Yeah right. I try to attach to the file, and the file dialog doesn't let you type in a path, and won't navigate beyond the user name in the Docs/Settings folder (I happen to have the project on a desktop folder).
I eventually went back to the VS IDE and did a mass check-out from source control, and suddenly the table create query runs. That's not surprising since the database is probably read-only while checked-in, but why didn't VS tell me that instead of telling me CREATE TABLE isn't supported?
Nothing annoys me more than fighting the tools for ridiculous amounts of time to do simple things. And that's the way it always is with Microsoft tools. Usually 95% of what you do is powerful and easy, but then you lose all of that saved time with dumb shit like this.