Visual studio 2008 exits as soon as I open it.

Question

Hi all,

I have a problem with my Visual studion 2008. It exits as soon as i open it. I tried these options, devenv /ResetSettings devenv /SafeMode devenv /resetuserdata devenv /resetskippkgs

even i tried re-installing Visual Studion 2008. Is there any way i can fix this issue.

thank you. Prashant.

Answer 1

What operating system? If you are using Vista, try running devenv in Administrative mode, just to see what happens.

Answer 2

Create a new user account and try using that in order to determine if the problem is due to your user environment or if the problem is system-wide. If it does not occur with the new user, clear your regular user settings:

rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio
rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon
rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio

(for XP, substitute "Local Settings" and "Application Data" for "AppData\Local" and "AppData\Roaming")

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VSCommon]