Visual Studio Crashing when I am using a certain solution

Question

Whenever I open a solution for Project A it works for a little while(time varies) then the window freezes and eventually crashes. However when I open Project B I can work on it all day and it works fine.

Exception Information
Code: 0xe053534f Flags: 0x00000000
Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x000000007c812afb

Error Signature
AppName: devenv.exe AppVer: 9.0.30729.1 AppStamp: 488f2b50
ModName: kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.5781 ModStamp: 49c4f482
fDebug: 0 Offset: 00012afb

I know this probably means nothing, just let me know what information is needed and I will include it. Also I have tried "Clean solution" to no avail.

Any help is appreciated.

Edit:
Projects are both C# .net 3.5 Applications. I run them both in Visual Studio 2008. Addins used are Regionerate, Rockscroll, SmartPaster and Resharper 5

Only cause/effect noticed is when I go to my web browser(or any other window) if some time has passed VS is frozen and crashing a while after clicking in the window.

Answer 1

How big is the project?

If it's not too big, it might be worth your while creating a new project and progressively transferring your code across, to see if you can work out where the problem is. Just recreating the project might resolve the problem.

Have you observed any cause/effect - is it when you open a particular code file, for example? Or in the Designer?

And as R0MANARMY hints at in his comment, try starting VS in safemode.

Answer 2

Hello,

Try to delete the hidden .suo file of the solution.

It happened to me this file was corrupted for some reasons and prevented me to open my solution.

Answer 3

Code: 0xe053534f

The last 3 hex codes translate to 'SSO'. Which is an acronym for Soft Stack Overflow. Always fun when the error code matches the web site name. A soft stack overflow exception is raised when the runtime detects that a hard stack overflow is imminent when it is setting up a call stack. It is a serious error, just a wee bit less disastrous as getting a hard stack overflow.

It is almost certainly caused by an unholy interaction between the add-ons you are using. Disable them one-by-one to find the trouble-maker.