Visual Studio 2008 crashes when trying to load solution file

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Visual Studio 2008 crashes when trying to load solution file

When I try to load a solution in Visual Studio 2008, it immediately closes. I get the following error in the event log:

.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3053 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (6E875E00) (80131506)

I've searched the web high and low and can't find a resolution to this problem. I've found similar issues, but none of them match the (6E875E00) part. Here's my setup:

Vista 64
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
.Net Framework 3.5 SP1
ReSharper 4.1
Gallio 3.05
TestDriven.Net 2.18

I have a feeling it is one of the add-ins, but I don't know which one.

Anyone experience this? This is very frustrating!

EDIT: The answer to this problem for future reference was to uninstall Gallio. This was the only add-in that caused the crash. Thanks to all for the help!

+5 A:

Try creating a new solution and importing your existing projects.

Alternitivly, uninstall ReShaper, Gallio and TestDriven and see if the solution loads. Then install one addin at a time until you find the culprit.

Sir Psycho 2009-01-13 13:28:34

The alternative solution worked. It ends up that Gallio was the culprit. I uninstalled all of the add-ins and one at a time installed one, opened an affected solution, and then uninstalled the add-in. All of the add-ins worked fine, except for Gallio. Installing all of them without Gallio also works

Chris Conway 2009-01-13 14:10:05

I had the same symptoms as you, but the buggered addon was PowerTools.

Crescent Fresh 2009-01-13 14:34:24

PowerTools always sound nice, but every time I've installed I've gotten buggered.

Will 2009-01-13 14:35:32

Yeah, I've read that PowerTools can cause the same thing, though I think the error code is (7A035E00), not (6E875E00) that I was getting. I have no idea what the codes mean, but googling my code resulted in no hits, whereas the 7A0 at least pointed to a known issue with PowerTools.

Chris Conway 2009-01-13 14:47:20

It was gallio for me: 3.0.6.787

sgwill 2009-09-11 19:10:40

thanks a lot!! it save me day! It was Gallio to me as well. Gallio team need to spend some time :=)

Liang Wu 2009-12-04 02:25:50

+9 A:

Yes, not unlikely. Edit the short-cut to Visual Studio and give it the /SafeMode option. That ensures Add-Ons don't get loaded. If that doesn't help, start disabling shrink-wrapped malware like virus scanners.

Hans Passant 2009-01-13 13:29:02

+2 A:

Try resetting windows layout (Menu -> Window -> Reset Window Layout) before loading the solution.

This helps me on VS crashes.

Rinat Abdullin 2009-01-13 13:43:29

totally frightened but this worked.

ahsteele 2010-05-03 22:45:29

This worked for me. Loading was failing whenever I launched VS from a .sln file, but working fine for File->Open(.sln File)

Odrade 2010-07-16 21:02:30

+3 A:

If it's only affecting a single solution, try deleting the .suo file (it'll be in the same folder as the solution file); If it affects all solutions, then the safemode option that nobugz mentions is probably worth trying...

Rowland Shaw 2009-01-13 13:52:36

Thank you this saved me!

Joel Goodwin 2010-04-26 09:22:36

+1 A:

We had similar problems with Visual Studio crashing on startup, and the culprit was a specific add-on, namely the Visual Studio PowerCommands.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PowerCommands

Beware this add-in! Disabling it and running

devenv /ResetSkipPackages

Helped. The full list of VS command line params is also instructive.

Jeff Atwood 2009-03-10 01:05:12

Just to have two opinions on the "beware" note, I've personally not had any troubles with this add-on.

Ian Suttle 2009-03-10 01:08:47

the comments on the first answer also indicate problems with this add-on, which is why we started looking at it. FYI.

Jeff Atwood 2009-03-10 01:12:28

for future reference, i believe it's devenv /ResetSkipPkgs not /ResetSkipPakages

Chris Conway 2009-04-17 01:29:46

Try this Fix:

http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/03/03/hotfix-available-for-asp-net-mvc-crashes-with-azure-power-commands-resharper.aspx

It worked for me.

KP 2009-04-16 19:11:47

I tried all of the above but none of the solutions worked. The VS 2008 crashes when I try to add a existing project to a solution.

Meaow 2009-07-31 15:44:17

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