A few times a day my VS2008 SP1 freezes if I edit XAML code. It just got stuck and I have to kill the process.
It seems to be a problem with the IntelliSense or the spell-checking or whatever process is going on while I edit code.
The problem is very apparent if I copy+paste some code. Even if it is just one word. Many times VS2008 adds some additional commands in the code and messes things up completely.
This never happened with C# code only with XAML it does get stuck.
One more thing: It seems the problem only occurs when I edit control templates. I added a few control templates from the MSDN pages to my project. When I edit them - even doing simple things like changing brush colors - Visual Studio freezes (sometimes). So it seems it's not a general XAML problem it happens with control templates only.
You could try this update: Installing DExplorer after VS 2008 breaks xaml intellisense
EDIT: You could try closing the Properties window when editing XAML, it helped me before with ASP.NET.
Some other links:
Xaml Editor Crashes after Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Using the Source Code Editor for XAML in Visual Studio
After having this problem and hunting around on the interwebs I found this vsnet-crashes-when-editing-xaml
Which said, in summary, if you edit a xaml resource while something that uses said resource is open in a designer, then you'll be sorry.
So you can avoid the problem by
Closing the other designer windows;
Installing hotfix KB958017.
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I have got the following problem with F# code recently: almost the complete code is underlines with curly red lines (indicating problems) and whenever I hover with the mouse cursor over any word the pop-up appears with the message "Unexpected token". IntelliSence doesn't work either.
Nonetheless if I start the project it is executed without any problem.
This happens both to already existing F# files and to newly created F# projects. I remember it was working just 2-3 months ago!
I tried to deactivate all possible extensions but it doesn't help.
Any ideas?
I get this too. Sometimes, simply exiting and going back into VS helps. When I tweeted the problem, Don answered with this:
"do you have "python tools for visual studio alpha" installed? if so, uninstall it or apply the hot fix"
This wasn't relevant to me (as I haven't been anywhere near python) but I'm posting here in case it helps you.
-- Edit: here's a link to the patch, thanks to Alexander Galkin: http://pytools.codeplex.com/workitem/599
I haven't seen this situation before but here's a guess at why it's happening and how you might cure it.
Visual studio works on a system for plugins. Even the stuff that is "native", like the C#/F#/VB.NET project systems, are just plugins that uses the visual studio shell. It looks like the F# plugin has been damaged in someway.
If this is Visual Studio 2010:
You might try opening the visual studio installer and trying a repair installation or deactivation and reactivating the F# project system
If this is Visual Studio 2008:
You might try uninstalling and reinstalling the F# plugin
I have pages in VS2010 (C#) which when I open the markup language (aspx), once in awhile the text can't be collapsed.
I frequently collapse by tags when I need to add new sections of markup.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know a solution?
Closing and reopening the page doesn't always work.
Switching to design mode and back doesn't seem to always work either.
[I am using the most recent service pack].
Just a VS2010 quirk? It does it to me sometimes too, and we're definitely not the only ones - Automatic outlining (collapsible sections) does not start for .ASPX files in Visual Studio 2010 SP1
As the title says, my Visual Studio 2010 SP1, running on Windows 7 x64, is crashing whenever I try to open a .html, .aspx, .cshtml, etc. file. I noticed this problem some weeks ago. Since then, when I open one of these kinds of files, it opens, freezes for a few seconds and then crashes. I tried using the repair function provided with the installer, but it didn't work. The only solution right now is to reinstall the os, but I don't feel like doing such thing.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of problem? Thank you!
I've been having this problem when using the default Web Form Editor and still haven't found a solution that works. I haven't a clue what's causing it, and the only plugin I have is Resharper.
I solved it temporarily by right-clicking the ASPX file, clicking Open with and choosing HTML Editor as the Default editor. Seems to be a problem with the Web Form Editor for a certain kind of files.
I am having an issue with my context menu in Visual Studio 2010 that is driving me nuts. I think it started when I installed the Code Snippet Designer Extent ion but I am not 100% sure about that. I didn't notice it until after I uninstalled that extension with a few others.
I have tried reinstalling and then uninstalling the extension again but that didn't work either. I am left with these extensions on my machine DevExpress Tools, Dpack, PowerCommands for VS, Productivity Power Tools and the VS10x Code Marker.
I have another system that has all the same extensions installed but doesn't have the context menu problem and I never loaded the Snippet Designer on that machine, which is why I think the problem was caused by something in that particular extension.
Here is what it looks like.
http://www.mydatafish.com/contextmenu.png I tried to post a picture but I need more points to do so and it is hard to explain without a picture so please take a look at the link.
Anybody have any ideas of how I can remove these phantom mene items? By the way I did try resetting the context mene through the the customize menu item in the Tools menu.
OK I am not sure how it got in the condition that it was but I found the program that was causing the problem. It was something called "Code Helper" and it was an add it that I used with VS 2005. It was listed as a AddIn for Visual Studio 2010 but wasn't inside the Addin directory for 2010.
To get rid of the problem I removed the program from the Programs and Features (Add/Remove).
I am having problem in using the source view of an asp.net page in VS.net 2008 IDE. I am not using Design view at all. IDE hangs a bit every now and then, when I use intellisense in it, and I scroll the page.
Please throw some light on it.
Such issues doesnt come up while editing the HTML page, and while editing same asp.net page with the HTML editor which can be configured using Tools -> Options menu option.
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This might help to make your visual studio a bit faster in general. I am not very sure about the exact reason for the behavior you mentioned of your Visual Studio.
I suspect that it has something to do with Graphical Interfaces like Toolbox etc.
Thanks
I've had problems like that with Visual Studio before. The intensity of the problems seem to multiply exponentially as the size of the file I work with gets larger.
Here's what I'd reccomend:
Check and make sure Visual Studio is fully updated (Help > Check For Updates) ; there have been some patches released and they will help you immensly!
If your code has any breakpoints, disable them all and start afresh later (Debug > Disable All Breakpoints)
If that fails, here are some more optimizations you can try.
In my case, I think longer file is the culprit. I think partial page concept should be applicable to asp.net page too.