Recently I have developed a problem with Visual Studio 2008 (possibly after the latest patch release but not sure). When I try to add items to the toolbox using the Choose Items option VS crashes.
I have tried the following
<div mce_keep="true">Exported settings and reset settings to default.</div>
<div mce_keep="true">Deleted the .tbd files in my profile.</div>
<div mce_keep="true">Started Visual Studio in safemode using devenv /safemode</div>
None of these have resulted in any change. The crash occurs when using the right-click->'Choose Items' in the toolbox as well as selecting 'Choose Toolbox Items' from the tools menu.
The OS is Vista Ultimate x64 fully updated, VS is fully updated as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could try next? Ideally I would like to avoid the uninstall/reinstall path if possible due to time constraints.
I have exactly the same problem it would seem... did you have any luck finding a solution to this?
Unfortunately no. I had this problem happen once last year in VS 2005 and was able to remedy it by cleaning up temp files and defaulting the environment but that didn't do anything with my situation now. I'll post back if I find a solution.
It works well for me all time, but today I have experienced the same problem. I've executed the following commands in the VS 2008 Command Prompt and this helped me:
It works well for me all time, but today I have experienced the same problem. I've executed the following commands in the VS 2008 Command Prompt and this helped me:
<div>
devenv /setup
devenv /resetuserdata
devenv /resetsettings CSharp
</div>
Thank you for listing your tips. I will give these a shot. Hopefully this will do the trick.
Well, at setup time components may be re-jitted so reinstall perhaps fixed incompatibility with updated framework and CLR. Are you using the latest version of the PWC?
HooHa
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Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Feb 19, 2008 03:28 PM|LINK
Recently I have developed a problem with Visual Studio 2008 (possibly after the latest patch release but not sure). When I try to add items to the toolbox using the Choose Items option VS crashes.
I have tried the following
None of these have resulted in any change. The crash occurs when using the right-click->'Choose Items' in the toolbox as well as selecting 'Choose Toolbox Items' from the tools menu.
The OS is Vista Ultimate x64 fully updated, VS is fully updated as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could try next? Ideally I would like to avoid the uninstall/reinstall path if possible due to time constraints.
Thanks
Mikhail Arkh...
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Feb 21, 2008 11:44 PM|LINK
If you want to file a bug, please obtain a crash dump as described here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikhailarkhipov/archive/2006/07/25/678308.aspx and file a bug at http://connect.microsoft.com
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jeremyw
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Mar 13, 2008 12:26 AM|LINK
I have exactly the same problem it would seem... did you have any luck finding a solution to this?
HooHa
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Mar 13, 2008 01:28 AM|LINK
Unfortunately no. I had this problem happen once last year in VS 2005 and was able to remedy it by cleaning up temp files and defaulting the environment but that didn't do anything with my situation now. I'll post back if I find a solution.
Pecha
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Apr 09, 2008 09:31 AM|LINK
It works well for me all time, but today I have experienced the same problem. I've executed the following commands in the VS 2008 Command Prompt and this helped me:
<div mce_keep="true">- devenv /setup
- devenv /resetuserdata
- devenv /resetsettings CSharp
</div>Choose Items
HooHa
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Apr 09, 2008 05:03 PM|LINK
Thank you for listing your tips. I will give these a shot. Hopefully this will do the trick.
laguy88
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 03:56 AM|LINK
I just uninstalled VS 2008 sp1 Beta - using the Utility ....
I then installed the VS 2008 sp1 RTM
and now Choose Items throws an Exception every time.
I'm wondering if Visual Studio PowerCommands msi install might be the culprit ?
Anyway to uninstall the PowerCommands ?
Should I start over and re-install VS 2008 again ?
Best way to remove / uninstall the current version completely ?
Your help is much appreciated, LA Guy
tjbarbour
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 03:43 PM|LINK
I uninstalled Power Commands, and now this works fine for me and Add Items does not crash
So, check your add ons!
Hope this helps, Thanx
laguy88
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 08:27 PM|LINK
Yep, after uninstalling PowerCommands for Visual Studio ( Vista Ultimate )
the Toolbox Choose Items no longer crashes.
But, I want to use PowerCommands especially to remove unwanted projects.
Is there a way to fix this incompatibility with PowerCommands ?
UPDATE to this message:
I just re-installed the PowerCommands msi and the choose items no longer crashes.
Go figure ....
Thanks, LA Guy
PowerCommands visual studio crash choose items
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 09:26 PM|LINK
Well, at setup time components may be re-jitted so reinstall perhaps fixed incompatibility with updated framework and CLR. Are you using the latest version of the PWC?
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