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.
Aug 20, 2008 05:26 PM|Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)|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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Thanks for posting that Pecha, that fixed it for me as well.
There are many posts with the advice of opening VS in safemode. That did not work for me; VS still crashed with no error message.
When I followed the steps listed by Pecha, then clicked "Choose Items..." from toolbox context menu, I received an error message telling me about an assembly that could not be shown in the customize toolbox dialog bcause it is missing one or more components
(for me is was Atalasoft.dotImage.Ocr.GlyphReader.dll). I was able to click "OK" on the error message and then choose my toolbox items.
I'm guessing that some bug caused VS to crash on this missing component instead of showing the error message. The steps listed by Pecha re-enables VS to handle the error gracefully.
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>
This worked for me.
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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:
Now Visual Studio 2008 is crashing on me and it's 2011 now so no one seems to have posted anything of late. I guess I'm the only one out here with the app crashing for what seems like no apparent reason. Now its just doing it sooner rather than later.
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Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Feb 19, 2008 11:28 AM|HooHa|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
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Feb 21, 2008 07:44 PM|Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)|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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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Mar 12, 2008 08:26 PM|jeremyw|LINK
I have exactly the same problem it would seem... did you have any luck finding a solution to this?
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Mar 12, 2008 09:28 PM|HooHa|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.
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Apr 09, 2008 05:31 AM|Pecha|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
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Apr 09, 2008 01:03 PM|HooHa|LINK
Thank you for listing your tips. I will give these a shot. Hopefully this will do the trick.
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 19, 2008 11:56 PM|laguy88|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
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 11:43 AM|tjbarbour|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
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 04:27 PM|laguy88|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
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 05:26 PM|Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)|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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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Aug 20, 2008 05:47 PM|laguy88|LINK
Hi Mikhail,
Yes, PowerCommands 1.1
Downloaded from here:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PowerCommands/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=559
PowerCommands.msi
runtime binary, 276K, uploaded Apr 11 - 24488 downloads
Regards, LA Guy
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Nov 02, 2008 02:41 PM|ChevNova72|LINK
I had the same problem and fixed it by removing the Power Command Add-in.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their experience!!!
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Apr 13, 2009 01:43 PM|kaugusto|LINK
To fix this problem, I installed and remove the Power Command add-in.
Link to download the Power Command : http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=PowerCommands&DownloadId=951
Tks
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Jul 20, 2009 08:39 AM|alexey|LINK
I also had the same problem on XP with VS 2008 installed i just excecute my IDE throw devenv/safemode and added the dlls.
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Oct 21, 2009 09:01 AM|Tom_Regan|LINK
Thanks for posting that Pecha, that fixed it for me as well.
There are many posts with the advice of opening VS in safemode. That did not work for me; VS still crashed with no error message.
When I followed the steps listed by Pecha, then clicked "Choose Items..." from toolbox context menu, I received an error message telling me about an assembly that could not be shown in the customize toolbox dialog bcause it is missing one or more components (for me is was Atalasoft.dotImage.Ocr.GlyphReader.dll). I was able to click "OK" on the error message and then choose my toolbox items.
I'm guessing that some bug caused VS to crash on this missing component instead of showing the error message. The steps listed by Pecha re-enables VS to handle the error gracefully.
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Dec 07, 2009 01:42 PM|PinalBhatt|LINK
This worked for me.
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Mar 22, 2010 05:52 AM|krunalm|LINK
Works on my machine.....!!
Thanks.
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Aug 05, 2010 03:42 PM|bilal_119|LINK
works .....
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Re: Choose Items crashing Visual Studio 2008
Jul 26, 2011 10:39 PM|calmdown|LINK
Now Visual Studio 2008 is crashing on me and it's 2011 now so no one seems to have posted anything of late. I guess I'm the only one out here with the app crashing for what seems like no apparent reason. Now its just doing it sooner rather than later.
Please help!