VMDebugger add-in crashes each time Visual Studio opens up

Question

I'm experiencing the following error each time I open up an instance of VS 2012, for about a week
(so it's not due to the yesterday's Update 4).

Error

Even if I click Yes, the error is shown again when I re-open Visual Studio.

Anyway, the VMWare debugger seems to be correctly loaded
(actually I don't use it, it came with VMWare workstation).

I can't isolate a single operation that caused the error to start appearing.

Anyone is experiencing the same error?

did you have resharper installed? This appears to happen to me when you apply the keyboard scheme's for resharper. — BlackICE, Jul 14 '14 at 20:01

swalex · Answer 1 · 2015-10-18T08:28:40.710

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[Edit] See Attilas answer for a much easier solution producing the same result [/Edit]

For anyone who could not solve this problem by re-installing the VMWare plug-in but do not want to sacrifice all his VS settings, here is a solution that did work for me:

Export 'Menu and Command Bar Customizations' VS settings only using

Tools => Import and Export Settings... => Export selected environment settings
- Deselect 'All Settings'
- Select only 'All Settings/General Settings/Menu and Command Bar Customizations'
Open exported .vssettings file in a text editor, scroll to the end and remove the entry <add_toolbar Menu=... Name='VMware' .../> in the UserCustomizations section
Import edited .vssettings file using

Tools => Import and Export Settings... => Import selected environment settings

and restart Visual Studio to check if the error has gone.

edited Oct 18 '15 at 08:28

answered May 12 '14 at 10:33

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GREAT solution! not only it preserve our VS settings but also solves the problem without need to removing the VMware debugger plugin thing, great job! – Sijav Aug 19 '14 at 04:08
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It's a shame visual studio doesn't let you do this sensibly via the front end, and that Vmware can't fix their installer. – Jun 22 '15 at 08:32
Great fix! I too could not modify VMware installation to repair/modify the plugin. – Jernej Jerin Jun 22 '15 at 10:59
thats the solution. thanx – Matricore Aug 15 '15 at 07:39

score 44 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '15 at 20:11

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I know this is an old thread, but I solved this problem with a rather simple step. Had the same scenario, clicking Yes in the popup window didn't change a thing.

What worked for me: you should start VS as an administrator, wait for the popup window and click Yes. After that the popup never came up again (even when VS was run as a non-administrator). So there was no need for me to uninstall the VMWare pluging (or the whole VMWare WS).

answered Feb 26 '15 at 20:11

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this worked for me, buygrush's answer did not work since VMWare wasn't anywhere in the settings file. – kevindstanley Aug 06 '15 at 16:25
Worked for me with Microsoft Visual Studio Premium 2013, Version 12.0.40629.00 Update 5 – Marcel Feb 12 '16 at 07:51

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '14 at 22:19

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Run the VMware Workstation installer Choose Modify/Change Uncheck Visual Studio Plugin Problem gone!

Run the VMware Workstation installer Choose Modify/Change Check Visual Studio Plugin Problem back again!

Regards Lemmy

answered Apr 08 '14 at 22:19

Lemmy Caution

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Installer in Control Panel says "Use original VMware Workstation Installer". Original installer says "Setup has detected a newer version of VMware Workstation on your system". No luck. – Victor Sep 04 '14 at 08:58

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 24 '13 at 07:25

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one possible solution:

Tools => Import and Export Settings => Reset all settings

seems to work for me.

answered Nov 24 '13 at 07:25

White

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I have hundreds of custom settings in VS, really cannot reset them all. See my answer, anyway thank u for your contribution, upvoted. – Teejay Nov 25 '13 at 09:30

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 01 '15 at 10:00

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VS 2013

Tools > Customize.. > Toolbars

Here I selected VMware and clicked Delete button.

I really don't use this plugin, this was the easiest solution for me.

answered Feb 01 '15 at 10:00

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 20:27

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None of the solutions here worked for me since I have already uninstalled vmware a long time ago and I was not willing to re-install it again.

MSDN suggests that there should be a registry key under

Root\Software\Microsoft\Visual Studio\...\AddIns\...

for VMdebugger, just delete that entry (the whole folder) and it'll be gone.

answered Jul 04 '14 at 20:27

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+1 for this. For VS2012 the key is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\AddIns" deleted the VMDebugger.Connect key, problem solved. – Neil Aug 11 '14 at 06:24
Instead of deleting the node, you can also set `LoadBehavior` value under this key to 0 (default is 1). This fixed the problem for me leaves the possibility of reenabling it later if needed (as others have said, the add-in actually seems to work fine, it just gives an error on loading for some reason). – VZ. Sep 23 '15 at 01:31

Teejay · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25T09:42:31.747

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This worked for me:

completely uninstall VMWare workstation, reinstall it (select or deselect the VS plugin as you wish)

old school

edited Nov 25 '13 at 09:42

answered Nov 25 '13 at 09:32

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 00:39

If the option to install for all users was requested these Registry entries must also be removed.

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0_Config\Addins\VMDebugger.Connect HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0_Config\AddIns\VMDebugger.Connect

They correspond to the following HKCU entries. Hunt and kill. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0_Config\Addins\VMDebugger.Connect HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0_Config\Addins\VMDebugger.Connect

Actually not a real answer, anyway thank u for your contribution. Upvoted. — Teejay, Feb 23 '15 at 08:38

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 23 '15 at 20:45

enter image description here From VS2012 menu bar select [Tools] [Add-in Manager] Then check mark the radio box to install VMDebugger.

Worked on my system: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 Version 11.0.61030.00 Update 4 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.5.51209 Installed Version: Professional Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Machine Debugger

VMDebugger add-in crashes each time Visual Studio opens up

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