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I encounter this error while publishing my system so i decided to fix it by following the tutorials on how to fix this error:
and then this happened.:
This looks like a common problem and there are several solutions on SO or Google.
https://youtu.be/ZCf5QKTPlMA
Open Programs and Features
Select Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and click Change
Press Modify to progress to Features options
Select Windows and Web Development, then tick ClickOnce Publishing Tools for installation
Then Next and then Update
This is what Microsoft recommends:
Go to Control Panel-Programs and Features, right click the VS 2015 and Change-Modify, confirm the option “ClickOnce Publishing Tools” is selected or not, if not, please select it to update
Right click the project name and choose Properties-Signing and uncheck the “Sign the ClickOnce manifests”
I've recently updated my copy of visual studio 2013 to update 5 in the hope I could start using the Performance and diagnostics hub but I get the following message in the options menu.
There were no error messages from update 5 installation. When I open the application (even a administrator) I don't have the menu item "performance and diagnostics" and I have already tried to repair the installation.
Before I received the following error message, checking the activity log the error was something about duplicate ID's (Can't share the exact wording as it's not in the log anymore)
Can anyone help?
Thanks
I recently installed Xamarin. I experienced no issues with it for about a week. Now, when i load visual studio I get an alert that says:
The 'InspectorPackage' package did not load correctly.
The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by examining the file
'C:\Users{redacted}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.xml'.
Restarting Visual Studio could help resolve this issue.
Continue to show this error message?
Restarting Visual Studio does not resolve this issue.
Upon inspecting the xml file, I find:
<entry>
<record>503</record>
<time>2017/02/15 15:33:56.686</time>
<type>Error</type>
<source>VisualStudio</source>
<description>LegacySitePackage failed for package [InspectorPackage]Source:
'' Description: Not implemented
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004001 (E_NOTIMPL))
System.NotImplementedException: Not implemented
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004001 (E_NOTIMPL))
at EnvDTE.Project.get_FullName()
at Xamarin.Inspector.VS.VSAgentExecutionTarget..ctor(Project proj)
at Xamarin.Inspector.VS.VSInspectorSession.CreateAgentExecutionTarget()
at Xamarin.Interactive.IdeSupport.InspectorSession.Prepare()
at Xamarin.Inspector.VS.InspectorPackage.RefreshInspectorSession()
at Xamarin.Inspector.VS.InspectorPackage.Initialize()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsPackage.SetSite(IServiceProvider sp)
</description>
<guid>{0FCBA9C6-0554-418C-8B79-FF2ED7DC658D}</guid>
<hr>80004001 - E_NOTIMPL</hr>
<errorinfo></errorinfo>
</entry>
What can I do to fix this?
This error seems to only appear when you have multiple startup projects in a solution.
I reproduced it by creating an empty solution with two empty console projects. When only one is set as startup everything works fine. However, when setting both as startup this error pops up.
I also came across this bug where the last post on 14 Jan 2017 states that the upcoming version 1.1 release will fix this issue: https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=49417
You can check your version in the about box in VS. On VS2015 it is Help | About Microsoft Visual Studio and I reckon it is the Xamarin Inspector Support entry. Mine is at 1.0.0.0 so I assume I'll have to wait for the upcoming release :)
update:
Oddly enough, an update just arrived for the Xamarin Inspector (less than 30 min after answering). The first load of my test solution still popped up with the error but after that it seems fine.
update (28 Feb 2017):
I am still experiencing the issue with the following version:
Xamarin Inspector Support 1.1.2.0 (cdc01b9f4466b6dcc3095828824a12d041c9f55e)
Adds support for inspecting Xamarin and WPF apps.
This is what i did and it worked for me:
1) go to the path of Visual Studio and delete everything in that folder
(this will delete you visual studio set up ) Visual Studio wont work after this
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio
2) uninstall Visual Studio. And install it again.
If this didn't work look around for xamarin files in that folder and delete everything inside.
When I run Visual Studio 2012 Professional I get a side by side configuration error message.
Message:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the commande-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail."
Event log:
"Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe". Dependent Assembly coloader80.dll,processorArchitecture="X86",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis."
sxstrace.exe: http://pastebin.com/qgS3Sx8c
I've already installed vcredist_x86
I'm running Windows 7 Professional
I had the same issue in that several files were not copied over to the VS2012 directories and it caused the 'side by side' issues. In my case I was installing from a drive that was on the network. After installing / uninstalling / reinstalling over and over without success I finally moved the install media to my local hard drive. Then, I was able to uninstall and then reinstall successfully. I believe the problem is that when the install has to reboot and continue installing it can't find the install media 'in time' so then it fails. If you are installing from a 'remote drive' I would suggest moving the install media to a local drive and then trying again.
I encountered this problem today and found a crude way to solve it for me, without analyzing logs and looking for missing .dlls.
I opened up the system configuration and was about to de-intall VS2013 RC, when I realized there was an repair option. Trying this brought no effect, but I also saw that VS2012 for windows desktop and vs2012 for web were still installed.
So after a reboot this finally fixed my side-by-side error:
Cleanse the machine of any previously installed Visual Studio versions.
Reboot.
Repair the installed (and only left) version of Visual Studio
Reboot.
Maybe this is of use for everyone else who is encountering this problem in the future.
Kind regards
I've been running Visual Studio 2010 (the official release) for some time now. Lately, VS will crash 10+ times during my 8 hour work day. In VS2008, crashes were common when working with large Xaml files, and while I experience some of that with VS2010, crashes occur when debugging, starting the debugger, stopping the debugger, and other random times when editing code.
I've looked through the problem reports, and the one I've found that occurs most frequently is:
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: devenv.exe
Application Version: 10.0.30319.1
Application Timestamp: 4ba1fab3
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdb3b
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002e23e
I'm running Windows 7 (x64). Hoepfully someone has come across this problem and has found a solution. I plan on reinstalling VS2010. Hopefully that takes care of the problem.
Do you think you have installed any extra Extensions which might lead to frequent crashes?
You can try
Devenv.exe /SafeMode
to start in Safe mode. You can also try
Devenv.exe /Log
Which will log all activity. Have not tried this so don't know What activities are logged.
Visual Studio 2010 Command Line Switches
I was having a similar problem and this helped me
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/618802/visual-studio-random-frequent-crash
Running this from the command prompt seemed to fix it. It hasn't crashed for the whole day today.
regsvr32 c:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll
I had similar issues with Visual Studio. The problem was the service pack which for some reason was not installed properly.
I had to reapply the SP1 using the Repair / reapply option. This kind of fixed my issue.
Also make sure to reboot the system.
Just to help people who search it: It was webex instant messenger related part, but not Cisco itself. The cause was a component in Studio Power Tools relevant to integration with messenger. Reinstall power tools but without messaging integration.
In other occasion it is almost always a corporate antivirus authentication helper thing. It required to manually remove registry entries which cause background TFS logins break the studio at random moments.
I had the "Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 has stopped working" error, imediately when Visual Studio 2010 was starting. Fault module was clr.dll in my case. Only rebooting helped sometimes.
I solved it by removing .NET completely and reinstalling it.
Be aware that if you updated to .NET 4.5 this includes .NET 4, so you have to remove and reinstall .NET 4.5
I know why it could be crashing. Code it self. Have you tried to debug the failed instance of VS2010 with Vs2010? If the xaml designer crashed anywhere in your code you should be able to see the stack trace. Also, try to load the same xaml into Blend 4 and then run the vs2010 on Blend when that crashes. I've had some good results debugging Vs2010 crashes like that.
There are so many things that can cause studio to crash.
I'd look at everything from video card drivers to whether the RAM is stable.
Note, there is a microsoft connect but on this exact issue at: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/634162/devenv-exe-frequent-intermittent-crashes-fault-module-name-ntdll-dll
You might vote on it or add your own information to the report but the very first thing I'd do is update my video drivers. One place I was at had a lot of issues with 2005; it would randomly crash just displaying the design surface or when opening a few too many code files; but once we got decent video cards and the appropriate drivers installed it worked flawlessly.
I disabled “Options"-"Evnironment"-"Add-in/Micros Security"->"Allow macros to run", and fixed the problem.
I think I just solved a similar issue on my computer, but probably not the same cause. It was related to TortoiseSVN (I think visual loads the tortoise DLL because it is integrated with the explorer, even if I don't have a specific visual studio plug-in). I upgraded TortoiseSVN (from 1.7.8 to 1.7.11) and it didn't crash for a few hours (I also had a 100% repro case when closing visual studio which does not happen anymore). Maybe there is some way to check what DLLs are loaded by visual studio to troubleshoot what are the candidates for upgrading/uninstalling, but I didn't go this far.
Hope it can help someone else.
While developing C++ code, Visual Studio 2010 started crashing frequently and at random times after I enabled the Task List.
As an alternative to using the Task List, I am now simply using the Find in Files tool (Ctrl+Shift+F) and searching for the string TODO as an alternative.
i was having a similar problem. visual studio 2010 was crashing. when i attached, it said it had a read access violation in ntdll.dll
closed all my open instances (there were 5) and it stopped happening.
Today I had this error, in my case it was because Microsoft released the update (KB2858725) the FrameWork 4.5.1, which the download and installed,
However this is definitely addressed by performing the following steps:
FrameWork 4.5.1 download (KB2858728) => NDP451-KB2858728-x86-x64-ENU.exe-Allos
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40779
Install the downloaded software (KB2858728)
Try Vs, but give the same error.
Uninstall the downloaded software (KB2858728)
(this task fully cleaned upgrade giving problems (KB2858725)
Install the downloaded software (KB2858728) again
Try Vs, this time if it will work
NOTE: NEVER! install update (KB2858725)
Logging helps indeed. I have the same problem with crashes. Since there could be numerous reasons and lots of log data, I wrote this .bat (Win7 x64, VS2010 Express) to keep logs organized and easy to analyze:
#echo off
rem date and time in format YYYYMonDD_hhmmss
set year=%DATE:~-4%
set month=%DATE:~3,2%
set day=%DATE:~0,2%
IF %month%==01 set monthstr=Jan
IF %month%==02 set monthstr=Feb
IF %month%==03 set monthstr=Mar
IF %month%==04 set monthstr=Apr
IF %month%==05 set monthstr=May
IF %month%==06 set monthstr=Jun
IF %month%==07 set monthstr=Jul
IF %month%==08 set monthstr=Aug
IF %month%==09 set monthstr=Sep
IF %month%==10 set monthstr=Oct
IF %month%==11 set monthstr=Nov
IF %month%==12 set monthstr=Dec
set now=%TIME:~0,-3%
set now=%now::=%
set now=%now: =0%
set now=%year%%monthstr%%day%_%now%
start "VS2010 express" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\VCExpress.exe" /Log "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VSlogs\VS_log_%now%.txt"
I had the same problem. I cleared my settings. Configured environment to use C# development settings. Then i disabled all extensions against which disable button was present. I enabled them one by one while opening, running and closing solutions. I found the offending extension to be .Net reflector v 8.5.0.179 by red gate. I had VS2010, VS2012 and VS2013 all installed on my windows 8.1 enterprise 64bit. All of them had the same issue. Whenever i closed the solution VS would crash. Hope it helps.