I'd like to use my Arduino as my programmer, but I can't turn the "Always use programmer" button to turn off. Otherwise I chose "Arduino as ISP" and "ArduinoISP" as programmers - but I get errors using both. Using Amtel Studio 7.0 with obsolete? Visual Micro version.

Looking around in the forum, and putting this together with your response, my problem seems to be that I want to use Arduino's USB/Serial interface for programming. Setting "Upload Using" in VMicros options menu to FALSE doesn't seem to do the job. And the documentation shows a different layout than the "obsolete" version I'm using...  Bottom line: How do I get a "no Programmer" message to register in VMicro's Atmel Studio menu?

Burning bootloader to board 'Arduino Mini w/ ATmega328' using 'Arduino as ISP'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avrdude "-CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -P{serial.port} -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0x05:m -Uhfuse:w:0xd8:m -Ulfuse:w:0xff:m
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Jan 15 2015 at 16:58:43
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
System.Exception: Burn bootloader failed with an exception ---> Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.RunnerException: Upload failed
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader, String workingPath)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader)
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.AvrdudeUploader.burnBootloader(Board boardPreferences, String programmerName)
         System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         Using Port                    : {serial.port}
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "{serial.port}": The system cannot find the file specified.
avrdude done.  Thank you.


does not work 


but this works in Arduino IDE

Burning bootloader to board 'Arduino Mini w/ ATmega328' using 'Arduino as ISP'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avrdude "-CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -P{serial.port} -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0x05:m -Uhfuse:w:0xd8:m -Ulfuse:w:0xff:m
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Jan 15 2015 at 16:58:43
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
System.Exception: Burn bootloader failed with an exception ---> Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.RunnerException: Upload failed
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader, String workingPath)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader)
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.AvrdudeUploader.burnBootloader(Board boardPreferences, String programmerName)
         System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         Using Port                    : {serial.port}
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "{serial.port}": The system cannot find the file specified.
avrdude done.  Thank you.