Setting Window.Content to ViewModel - simple data template not working

Trying to get my head around MVVM, and getting a simple window to render its viewmodel as a view via data templating.

in App.xaml:

<Application.Resources>
   <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type vm:TestViewModel}">
      <vw:TestView />
   </DataTemplate>
</Application.Resources>

View definition:

<UserControl x:Class="MyNamespace.TestView"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://sche开发者_运维知识库mas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
    <Grid>
        <TextBlock>TESTING</TextBlock>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

In MainWindowViewModel:

private void onOpenTestView(object sender)
{
   Window w = new Window();
   w.Content = new TestViewModel();
   w.Show();
}

Running the app results in a window with a "MyNamespace.TestViewModel" string, instead of "TESTING", which would infer my data template is not being found.

I am very new to all this so am I missing something obvious? I don't think it's a string matching issue since if I deliberately misspell the view or model in the XAML then it doesn't compile.

Should my new window be able to access my app resources (and thus my datatemplate) ok?

Cheers, Jeremy

EDIT: FIXED (Can't answer for 8 hours)

Due to MS Bug where resources not being read unless at least one style is set.

See http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/553528/defaultstylekey-style-not-found-in-inner-mergeddictionaries

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Due to MS Bug where resources not being read unless at least one style is set.

See http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/553528/defaultstylekey-style-not-found-in-inner-mergeddictionaries