When I try to open or Create a new Apache Cordova Project the IDE just stop to respond. I found inside the ActivityLog.xml some errors related to Apache Cordova Extension Initialization:
VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:36.261 728 Begin package load [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage] {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:36.261 729 ERROR SetSite failed for package [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage] {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} 80131604 VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:36.498 730 ERROR End package load [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage] {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} 80131604 VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:36.503 731 Entering function CVsPackageInfo::HrInstantiatePackage {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:48.902 732 Begin package load [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage] {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:48.902 733 ERROR SetSite failed for package [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage] {317A330D-8757-4084-8526->E8A1D165433D} 80131604 VisualStudio 2015/08/17 13:40:48.903 734 ERROR End package load [ApacheCordovaToolsPackage]
I had a clean instalation, and just upgraded the VS 2015 Azure SDK, nothing else more, but somehow stop working.
I opened an issue at Cordova GitHub as well: Can't Create nor Open Apache Cordova Projects #26