Hi guys,

I'm having a problem with my Visual studio 2005. I recently installed JetBrains dot Trace 2.0, Subversion and NUnit for 2.0 Framework. I was able to run Visual studio 2005 before the programs were installed without any problems but recently now I cannot add a reference, before the window opens up the IDE crashes.

I repair and it did not resolve the issue, then did a reinstall and it did not solve the issue. I then removed the 2.0 framework and then uninstalled Visual studio 2005 and the registry keys and reinstalled and it still crashes. When it crashes it sends a crash report to Microsoft that takes quite a while to transfer. I think there are a bunch of files being sent over.

I think the GAC might have some issues with NUnit since I suspect that is the problem since I was running the 1.1 framework and then installed the 2.0 Framework version of Test driven .net. I have since removed Test Driven .net and am still having issues.

 Anyone else have problems like this before?

I have uninstalled the components that I have mentioned and am still having this problem. I won't even get the form with all of the assemblies listed. Is there a way to remove the non default assemblies from the GAC or any obfuscated assemblies?

If using vs 2005 and VB.net google H8013141e

There are numerous problems with VB in VS 2005, make sure you do a search for VB fixes on the MS KB.  I believe that SP1 will be a big welcome for VB users who have performance issues.

If the GAC has had many installs/uninstalls I believe this can lead to problems also again search the MS KB for that.