VS2008 crashes with xml when in project

Question

Having an issue with vs2008, anytime I have an xml file in a project and go to open it, devenv crashes out. Not specific xml files, but all I've tried. Have reinstalled vs2008 and run devenv /safemode. If I open the same xml file directly without a project, no problems. Any Ideas?

Unhandled exception at 0x76f76541 in devenv.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.

Call Stack Shows:
>   ntdll.dll!76f76541()  
    [Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for ntdll.dll] 
    F981BBED.x86.dll!35672d05()  
    user32.dll!759c8d88()  
    user32.dll!759c9185()  
    mscorwks.dll!705fc370()  
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.ni.dll!673362f9()  
    System.Windows.Forms.ni.dll!67dd86a0()  
    System.Windows.Forms.ni.dll!67dd8621()  
    System.Windows.Forms.ni.dll!6830a167()  
    user32.dll!759cf8d2()  
    user32.dll!759cf794()  
    user32.dll!759cf73d()  
    user32.dll!759d0817()  
    oleaut32.dll!75a541ec()  
    user32.dll!759d0a65()  
    ntdll.dll!76f899ce()  
    user32.dll!759d02c5()  
    user32.dll!759ca104()  
    msenv.dll!61387561()  
    devenv.exe!2f1caabc()  
    devenv.exe!2f1c78f2()  
    advapi32.dll!760df2f5()  
    advapi32.dll!760df1c0()  
    advapi32.dll!760df594()  
    ntdll.dll!76f87f54()  
    advapi32.dll!760df405()  
    advapi32.dll!760df4d5()  
    advapi32.dll!760df4d5()  
    devenv.exe!2f1c1ea4()  
    kernel32.dll!758f4911()  
    ntdll.dll!76f6e4b6()  
    ntdll.dll!76f6e489()

Answer 1

There is a Service pack for VS2008, which solves other editor-related problems (xaml editor performance for one). Maybe it helps this, too.

Answer 2

If that isn't the Express edition, why not ask in a MS forum or even open a support case? I presume the developers at MS are quite interested in a reproducible crash.