Targeting Mono in Visual Studio 2012

These steps are known good on my Windows 8 machine, with Visual Studio 2012 w/ Update 1 and Mono 2.10.9.

• Install Mono for Windows, from http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
  

Choose a decent path, which for me was C:\Program Files (x86)\Mono-2.10.9

• Load an elevated administrative Command Prompt (Top tip: On Windows 8, hit WinKey+X then choose “Command Prompt (Admin)“)

• From this Command Prompt, execute the following commands (in order):
  

$ cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.0\Profile"

$ mklink /d Mono "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mono-2.10.9\lib\mono\4.0"

$ cd Mono

$ mkdir RedistList

$ cd RedistList

$ notepad FrameworkList.xml

• Notepad will start and ask about creating a new file, choose Yes.
  

• Now paste in this text and Save the file:
  

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<FileList ToolsVersion="4.0" RuntimeVersion="4.0" Name="Mono 2.10.9 Profile" Redist="Mono_2.10.9">

</FileList>

• From the same Command Prompt, type:
  

$ regedit

• In the Registry Editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319\SKUs\ and create a new Key folder called .NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Mono

• Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319\SKUs\ and create the same Key folder again here (this step is only necessary for x64 machines, but since all software developers use those then you’ll probably need to do it!)
  

• Now load up VS2012 and a project. Goto the Project Properties (Alt+Enter whilst having it selected on Solution Explorer) .
  

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