title: LoadPackage call failed error msg when trying to create an Azure Project in VS2010
body: <p>When attempting to create an Azure project in Visual Studio 2010 I get a dialog box with an error msg stating "LoadPackage call failed".</p>
  
  <p>The Visual Studio ActivityLog shows the following errors:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>466 ERROR CreateInstance failed for package
    [Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService,
    Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a]
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C} 80070002 VisualStudio
    2012/05/12 18:14:17.357 </p>
    
    <p>467 ERROR End package load [Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage,
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral,
    PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a]
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C} 80004005 - E_FAIL VisualStudio
    2012/05/12 18:14:17.359 </p>
    
    <p>468 Warning Package failed to load; error message suppressed by skip
    flag {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C}  VisualStudio 2012/05/12
    18:14:17.360  469  Entering function
    CVsPackageInfo::HrInstantiatePackage
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C}  VisualStudio 2012/05/12
    18:14:17.399 </p>
    
    <p>470  Begin package load [Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage,
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral,
    PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a]
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C}  VisualStudio 2012/05/12
    18:14:17.402 </p>
    
    <p>471 ERROR CreateInstance failed for package
    [Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService,
    Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a]
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C} 80070002 VisualStudio
    2012/05/12 18:14:17.403 </p>
    
    <p>472 ERROR End package load [Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage,
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral,
    PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a]
    {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C} 80004005 - E_FAIL VisualStudio
    2012/05/12 18:14:17.404 </p>
    
    <p>473 Warning Package failed to load; error message suppressed by skip
    flag {CCE67B96-C6C0-4765-93CB-995CF3BF913C}  VisualStudio 2012/05/12
    18:14:17.406</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>When trying to load any azure projects another dialog box appears:  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>'HelloWorld.ccproj' cannot be opened because its project types (.ccproj) is not supported by this version of the application.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Similar errors appear in the ActivityLog in this instance as well, referencing the same CctProjectPackage assemblies.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Thus far I've tried installing, removing and reinstalling the latest versions of </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Windows Azure SDK</li>
  <li>VSCloudService.exe</li>
  <li>Windows Azure Tools </li>
  <li>Windows Azure Libs for .NET</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I've tried using the web platform installer to install the necessary tools.  I've even gone so far as to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 as well as remove and reinstall Visual Studio.  </p>
  
  <p>None of this has resolved the issue.   I've tried searching for explanations on why the Microsoft.Cct.CctProjectPackage or Microsoft.VisualStudio.CloudService assemblies don't seem to load via Google and the only suggestion seems to be to reinstall the tools, which didn't work.  I've even gone so far as to try searching on Bing.</p>
  
  <p>I'm out of ideas and would appreciate insights from anyone else who may have experienced similar problems or could recommend other things to try.</p>