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Unknown compiler option typeRoots


I have been searching for this for hours now, and can not figure this one out. I am getting 2 compile error in VS2015 when trying to create a new angular 2 application. The errors I get are all the same except for the last word.

Unknown compiler option 'typeRoots' , 'lib'

I have researched this and seen most of the issue is that it isn't an up to date verison on typescript. I have 2.0.6 installed on my machine and have checked this many times. I have also tried to uncheck $(VSINSTALLDIR) in the tools=>options=> project and solutions.

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "typeRoots": [
      "./node_modules/@types"
    ],
    "lib": [ "dom", "es5", "es2015", "es2016" ]
  }
}

thanks for help!


Solution

  • This is now resolved, what I had to do was restore pc back to before any vs was installed, then reinstall all VS2015 and typescript.

    After reinstalling vs2015 i now can use angular2 inside VS