Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 hangs (is not responding) when opening web.config file

Question

Dear Group,

I have just completed moving my C# ASP.NET web application from Visual Studio 2008 running on Windows XP to Visual Studio 2008 running on Windows 7.

I have noticed when I open my web application in Visual Studio 2008 and double-click on the web.config file to edit the file, that Visual Studio 2008 hangs (is not responding).

Am I missing something? Is this a bug with Visual Studio 2008 running on Windows 7, and if so, is there a fix?

Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards

Walter

Answer 1

I am running into a similar problem with VS 2008 and Windows 7 RTM. Al other apps work fine, when I go into VS 2008 and try to click on a file in an existing solution or trying to create a new solution it hangs. I have to create winforms, wpf and a database solution. Says creating xxx... hard drive is going nuts, cpu % is high. But is non responsive, have let it sit for an hour with no difference (to create a new solution).

Installed VS 2008 SP1, and SQL Express SP1. Running VS with the run as administrator option. Have tried the compatibility options of Vista, Vista SP1 & Vistar SP2 all with same results. Have tried to repair install, uninstall and re-install. Have tried both VS 2008 Pro and Team editions. Worked fine previously with Windows 7 build 7168.

Answer 2

Hi Craig I am experiencing the exact same thing. On both my laptop, and my desktop. Did you find a solution?

Answer 3

I'm also having problems. Any time I am writing code and it comes to an area it needs to compile or show intellisense for, I have to wait 10+ seconds for it to respond. Then, when I build, it hangs for a minute or two and shows "Not Responding" before running the program. My CPU usage is also very high during these times.

I didn't have these problems with Visual Studio in WinXP. It is slowing my development down to about 10% of what it was.... and is driving me crazy. I can't find any articles with solutions so far.

Also, it doesn't seem to be the same in all projects - some run faster than others.

Answer 4

Has anyone determined a solution for this? I am also running into a similar problem.

Answer 5

Hi All. I have de the same problem, just wiht vstudio 2008 and windows 7. I have reinstalled tree times and nothing. Any solution let know..

Answer 6

Here is a new Hotfix from MS that is supposed to solve the problem: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB963035

This one has also been noted to solve related issues: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB960075