Any time I make a change to a type converter or editor, I have to close down my visual basic 2008 express ide and restart it.
If i don't restart, the following problems occur:
(1) The designer shows what appear to be random errors. I solve this by running the app, so not a real problem there.
(2) Serialization of design time properties fails, or worse the ide crashes when I try and edit the type in the property grid.
(3) The ide picks up the old version of the type editor after i've changed it.
From memory, I think it's because they are cached.
This must be a common problem, so i'm hoping there's a common solution - aside from what I do already.
ps: Having the assembly version auto increment doesn't help.