I installed Visual Studio 2015 and shortly after selecting a TFS server started to experience issues:
missing package errors
new project had no project types
Team explorer has an error tag (Page '312e8a59-2712-48a1-863e-0ef4e67961fc' not found.)
If I go to Team and click manage connections I get an error (Team Foundation Error Page '3185ed96-1cbcd-4381-a439-636973542e50' not found.)
If I try to re-open the solution I pulled down I get:
(The 'ErrorListPackage' package did not load correctly)
(The 'CSharpPackage' package did not load correctly)
(The 'FileIndicatorPackage' package did not load correctly) and fails to open
Then I get an 'object reference not set to an instance of an object) when I try to close VS.
I tried running the devenv.exe commands to rest everything to no avail:
devenv.exe /debug
devenv.exe /resetsettings
devenv.exe /instalvstemplates
devenv.exe /resetskippings
devenv.exe /resetuserdata
devenv.exe /setup
devenv.exe /safemode
I tried repair: still broken
I uninstalled and reinstalled: still broken
The Fix
Uninstall Visual Studio 2015 from Programs and Features
Reboot machine if prompted.
Rename or delete folders-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
<user>\Documents\Visual Studio 2015
<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0
Go to the registry editor (start >> run >> regedit) and remove/rename the following registries-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0_Config
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0_Remote
Install Visual Studio 2015
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vs_installershell.exe has an invalid certificate. Error when trying to update, open, repair or reinstall; and now I can't open Visual Studio!
I tried the post from the Visual Studio Community but, when I click the asked update button, it loads then it stops working. View article.
Error Messages:
1) vs_installershell.exe has an invalid certificate
2) Visual Studio 2019 has stopped working
3) Visual Studio Installer has stopped working
Probably due to a pending Windows update not being installed. Solution recommended by MSDN:
Please go to windows update and make sure all pending windows update
are installed and reboot the computer, then go to C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer then run vs_installershell.exe
as administrator.
just delete Vs_installer.exe and Vs_installershell.exe from the address below and then run Visual Studio setup again which subsequently copy the installer to the same folder :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer
then run the installer if you want !
After re-installing Visual Studio Community edition I've been getting this error.
I get the error right after the splashscreen shows
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ServiceHub.Client'
Please open File Explorer and search this file name to verify this file is existing on your computer or not.
Meanwhile, you can have a try with the following to troubleshoot this issue:
Clear all folders and files under the folder: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_xxx\ and restart the VS 2017 to check it again.
Open cmd and navigate to the VS 2017 installation folder like C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\xxx\Common7\IDE and run the command: devenv /safemode to run it as safe mode, then check if the installed extensions caused this issue.
Re-run the VS 2017 installer as administrator and choose Repair to repair it
My version is 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 (Windows 7 Pro x64).
When I try and run the performance profiler I get the following errors:
Performance Session File does not exist or is invalid.
When I click on OK I get a
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Things I did:
Choose Release configuration (always)
Run VS as Admin (always)
/ResetSettings
/SafeMode
Repair VS
Delete *.psess files
No reference to diagnostics in *.sln file to delete
Added C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Team
Tools\Performance Tools to system and user path environment variable
and rebooted.
I'm running out of options here.....
Whenever I try to create a new project in VS 2010 I get the error:
New project/item dialog could not be initialized due to error:
Exception of type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Dialogs.DialogInitializationException' was thrown.
And when try to open existing project visual studio 2010 restarts.
I had the same problem on my computer. After a long time searching I solved it by the following steps:
Close all instances of Visual Studio
Go to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE" (or whatever is your VS installation directory)
Run command devenv.exe /resetuserdata and wait until finished
Run Visual Studio
I can't find the former case. As you met an exception
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Dialogs.DialogInitializationException
I am suggesting you try the way below:
Run devenv /resetuserdata.
Delete the file:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache
and restart Visual Studio.
Close all VS instances and try the solution mentioned here:
Launch Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 as Administrator
Go to VS 2017 installation folder, for example: pushd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise
gacutil -if Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll
Open your control panel
Change
Regional -> Formats tab -> Format: English(United States)
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/727578/vs-do-not-work-with-finnish-number-format-on-w8-64-bit
It works for me :)
This problem can cause when you install an older version of Visual Studio nearby the current version. For example VS 2017 is installed on your system and you do force install of VS 2008.
I faced this problem many years ago by installing VS 2008 after VS 2010;
and today again I had this problem. Because I installed SolidWorks 2015 after VS 2017. SolidWorks had a Visual Studio 2008 inside its package that interferes my installation.
Just uninstalled VS 2008 and I'm done.
I found this to still be an issue in Visual Studio Community 2017, Microsoft released a work around that fixed my problem:
The work-around for this issue would be:
-Launch “Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017” as Administrator
-Go to VS 2017 installation folder, for example: pushd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise
-gacutil -if Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll
Hi I am getting the operation cannot be completed error when i tried to open Visual studio 2010. Previous to that I was trying to install web platform and didnt install but that is all I did...anyone have suggestions...i tried restart my pc...
Try devenv /setup, devenv /resetsettings, or devenv /resetuserdata. Important: only try the last two as a last resort since they will reset your settings.
Assuming you're on a 32-bit OS, devenv is available from the command-line at \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE or from the VS command prompt.