Visual Micro with VS2010 compiles OK but try to  upload to esp8266 with avardude and failes:
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Binary sketch size: 202.020 bytes (used 39% of a 524.288 byte maximum) (1,67 secs)
Uploading to I/O board using 'COM1'
Uploader started for board Generic ESP8266 board
Upload method will be: bootloader
Uploading via Bootloader 
Flushing the serial port
C:\Temp\arduino-1.6.1-p1-windows\arduino-1.6.1\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avrdude .conf" -v -v -v -v -pesp8266 -c -P\\.\COM1 -b115200 -D -V FiSensor.hex":i
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Jan 15 2015 at 16:58:43
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avrdude: Can't find programmer id "-P\\.\COM1"

What do you mean by ESP Ide ? if it is VS you are referring to,
then I can't find Files->Uploading using programmer 
Also the Tools->Visual Micro-> programmers does not show any ESP relevant option. Please see attached file
.. and thanks a lot for trying helping

Please see attached file
Now how I installed the Arduino Ide for ESP :
1. I download the zip file for Windows (arduino-1.6.1-p1-windows.zip) from gihub at:
https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino

2. Unzip it to my C:\Temp so I got: C:\Temp\arduino-1.6.1-p1-windows. And there I start the Arduino Ide and everything works fine

3. However my project is in another folder at C:\Users\ico\Google Drive\ESP8266Projects\WiFiSensor
and also there everything is working fine, 
3.1 To compile my program with the arduino Ide I start the arduino Ide in C:\Temp\arduino-1.6.1-p1-windows\arduino.exe
3.2. Then I navigate to my project at C:\Users\ico\Google Drive\ESP8266Projects\WiFiSensor and load the WiFiSensor.ino file
3.3 Then I can compile and upload to the hardware.
3.4 To use Visual Micro (after installed the latest  beta version) I start VS2010 and Files->Open->Scatch Project the WiFiSensor.ino file at C:\Users\ico\Google Drive\ESP8266Projects\WiFiSensor .
3.5 Then I can compile without problem but can't upload because it select the avrdude: instead of espTools
See the attached file to see how my Visual studio/Visual Micro menus looks like

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As I wrote in point 1 I just downloaded the zip fle and unzipped it. Thats all. Never had an Arduino Ide on my computer before. What do you mean by ESP Ide ?

Oh just found this, the esp8266 guys might have changed things in the last 8 days or so. I will retest.

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/138

Hi,

I just downloaded the latest esp ide and installed the latest visual micro.

I set the esp ide location for the esp app entry in visual micro

When i selected the generic esp board the programmers list had only the esp tool showing. I ticked it.

Then I ticked "tools>visual micro>upload using programmer" and after that all worked fine.

The error you see is because you have not ticked "upload using programmer" but you first need to see the "esp tool" in the programmers list.

So you should select the Uno board then the generic esp board again. See if the programmers list now shows the esp tool? If so tick "upload using programmer"

thanks

Great thanks

yes all uploads at the moment do not use a separate thread so status info is only shown at the end of the process. It's on the list to change this but never quite makes it to the top You need to ask Arduino to slow down with their changes