VS2010 Startup Crash, runs in safe mode, all add ins removed, still crashes

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Suddenly my VS2010 crashes at startup. I followed other posts here, I removed ALL add ins, it still crashes. However it starts in safe mode. What else is disabled in safe mode what is NOT in the extensions window ? When I start with the log mode the last action in the log seemed to have completed correctly.

Any more ideas ?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 23:19

Open up Event Viewer immediately after VS crashes and look for Errors occurring as close as possible after VS crashed. The events should be under Windows Logs\Applications.

I'm currently having a problem with the same symptoms, and it is being caused by a stack overflow exception within VS. In my case, I have 2 sequential errors. The first is a .NET Runtime error showing the failing application, framework version, and description, stating that it's a stack overflow exception. The second error is an Application Error providing specific error codes and details for devenv.exe (Visual Studio).

Hopefully your logs will present more useful information.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '13 at 18:52

I am using VS 2010 Ultimate, and it was crashing all the time on start up. (Windows 2008 Std SP2 32-bits, GB Ram virtual machine)

Like you, VS 2010 was working when launched in SafeMode

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE>devEnv /SafeMode

After googling around, this was how I tracked down the problem.

Go to directory where VS 2010 is installed and launch devEnv as follows:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE>devEnv /Log

This generates an ActivityLog.xml in

C:\Users\ user_folder \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0

I looked at the ActivityLog.xml and the following entry was flagged with a warning

176 

Warning Component assembly is new or has been updated
          C:\Users\rickey.tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Red Gate\.NET Reflector Visual Studio Extension\7.7.0.236\RedGate.Reflector.VsPackage.dll   

Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommonIDE.ExtensibilityHosting

In my case, for some reason, there was a problem with a RedGate.Reflector component.

I went to the folder and removed the (Red Gate) extension

C:\Users\rickey.tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions

And now VS 2010 Ultimate starts up.

This is just an example of how a problem is solved in the context of this component. I hope that this approach can help with other start-up problems.

Good luck

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 07 '13 at 11:29

I've just lost two hours of my morning to an issue with VS2010 hanging on startup. I tried repairing the installation, safe mode, various other things, none of which worked. In the end I ran devenv.exe /resetsettings which fixed the issue really quickly: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241273(v=vs.100).aspx

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 31 '13 at 12:19

I just have experienced the same problem on vs2010 and i have tried to open the project by using File>Open>Website and everything seems working fine. The cause may occur from deleting *.sln files which i prefer to keep them in solution folder rather than the same folder where the project resides. Hope it helps to someone.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 07:34

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My problem resolved by:

1) go to path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE 2)run

devenv.exe.config

My problem resolved :)

answered Dec 01 '14 at 07:34

Mohamed Abbas

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VS2010 Startup Crash, runs in safe mode, all add ins removed, still crashes

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devenv.exe.config