Strange Visual Studio (TS 2008) problem: The IDE completely freezes whenever I switch from Release to Debug mode in a specific project. It happens right as I switch, before I try to build or do anything else.
The whole thing started out of the blue, without any abnormal change I can think of. I tried to clean the solution, but it didn't help.
Anyone ran into this before?
If everything has worked fine and then stopped, usually it means there was some problem even though it had passed unnoticed.
Things I would try one after another:
devenv, mspdbsrv, vcpkgsrv, msbuild, msvsmon, vshub, vstest
etc.suo, .ncb, .VC.db, .VC.VC.opendb
files of the solution as well as .vs
directory, which sometimes cause problemsYourProjectName.vcproj.DOMAINNAME.LOGINNAME.user
or YourProjectName.csproj.user
. The setting file name depends on a project kind you use"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio [vs_version]\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio [vs_version]\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
for x64 environment%USERPROFILE%\AppData\[Local|Roaming]\Microsoft\VisualStudio[vs_version]
and in registry HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio[vs_version]
It should reset all things to the beginning state. If it won't work, so there are additional tools to investigate. Download Process Explorer and once IDE freezes, start the Process Explorer, find the devenv process, double-click on it and go to Threads tab. Check, which thread has the biggest switch delta in case of the freeze, double-click on it and take the name (or offset) of the top function. It gives additional info where the problem may be.
Moreover, sometimes it helps to repair Visual Studio in the "Add or Remove Programs" wizard in Control Panel.