Visual Studio crashes when trying to accses Toolbox -> COM Componets

Asked Apr 25 '17 at 12:56

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Visual Studio crashes when trying to access Toolbox -> COM Components This happens on my desktop dev PC with VS 2015 Pro and 2017 Community.

I also tried it with visual studio in SaveMode (from the command line using: devenv.exe /SafeMode). In SafeMode VS does not crash but most of the VS UI stops working.

I tried on my laptop VS 2015 Pro an there it works fine. So it must be something I installed on my desktop dev machine.

Any clues how to find the source of the problem?

UPDATE: I found a simple workaround to activate a COM Component. Just drag and drop the .ocx file into the Toolbox and it will be available.

edited May 05 '17 at 12:44

asked Apr 25 '17 at 12:56

Markus

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SysInternals' Process Monitor might point the finger to the evil-doer. – Hans Passant Apr 25 '17 at 14:57
Thanks Hans unfortunately I wasn't able to figure it out with the Process Monitor. Do you know is its possible to change the settings in COM Components by editing a VS config file? I'll just need to activate one specific Component so I can use it in the tool box. – Markus May 05 '17 at 07:17
Never mind found a workaround. – Markus May 05 '17 at 12:39
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https://xkcd.com/979/ – Hans Passant May 05 '17 at 12:41

Visual Studio crashes when trying to accses Toolbox -> COM Componets

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