I don't know if I can really get an answer to this question, but it really irks me and I would like to know if someone has an idea how to arrive to an answer.
I have a pretty large solution in VS 2008 that maybe every week/every other week whenever I click properties to get to the project properties the IDE closes without warning. After that happens it will close EVERY time I try and view the properties. At that point I try and delete the .suo file, I resize the IDE, I close the tabs within the project, I restore default VS Settings(when I'm desperate). Eventually 20-30 minutes later I can actually view the properties. I haven't figured out exactly what fixes it, seems to be different every time. Once it's "fixed" I can't break it again so I can figure out what "fixed" it.
This seems to be project specific, because I can view properties of other projects while this project is misbehaving.
I guess my first question is, does VS log reasons for closing unexpectedly? Can I find out what the offending reason behind this is? The main frustration is I don't know the cause, nor the cure.
Any ideas?
UPDATE:
The solution is a WPF Application with 3 library projects added in.
I have the following add-ins:
- Test Driven.NET 2.22.2468
- Xaml PowerToys
I can disable these, and then see if it still does it. But like before, it is not easily tested because it seems to randomly not work.
I use the properties tab quite a lot because we are using Click Once deployment and I go to the properties tab to publish the latest build.
Another possibility is that I have dual screens and I downloaded a utility called MultiMon which lets you manage both screens better. Maybe that's jacking with VS and window messages are getting confused and killing the app process.