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enabling ASP.NET MVC2 unit tests in VWD

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As stated in http://forums.asp.net/t/1535916.aspx the unit tests are missing from the ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM source code, but are available on CodePlex at http://aspnet.codeplex.com/releases/view/41742). After installing ASP.NET MVC2 RTM on Visual Web Developer 2008 Express, apparently unit tests are not enabled for VWD - when I create a new MVC2 project I don't get the "Create Unit Test Project" dialog box where I can say"Yes, create a unit test project". (I thought I was presented with that dialog box in earlier versions of either MVC2 RC or MVC1, but maybe not...) Given the source code on codeplex, is it possible to use that to enable unit tests for MVC2 for VWD Express? If so, are the steps one have to take detailed somewhere?

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