Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 won't load past splash screen
Solution 1:
I had this issue on vs 2015 RTM. I used devenv /resetuserdata and it started.
Solution 2:
I had the same problem on VS2015 community and solved it by doing this:
- Run in command prompt:
devenv /ResetSettings(it runs VS by some package error) - After VS runs, you must update some things that noticed by flag up right (for me Powershell tools)
- After updating those things, Visual Studio restarts and everything should be solved.
I think for this solution to work, you must force VS to restart.
Solution 3:
I seem to have a similar problem but unrelated to any hardware changes. However I just installed Windows 10 CTP and then Visual Studio 2013 Premium. I installead, booted and tried to start Visual Studio. A short splash screen and then a white dialog with an X.
The same problem is described here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/807911/visual-studio-2013-professional-fails-to-start
The solution in the connect thread is to uninstall some applications - I don't have any of those and it's a pretty fresh installation.
I've tried to start with devenv /ResetSettings and it starts but gives me two errors: * The 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.ConnectedUser.ConnectedUserPackage' package did not load correctly. * The 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.TeamFoundationHost,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f57f11d50a3a' package did not load correctly.
After these error messages the IDE is somewhat responsive but alot of things does not work. The "Sign in" button in the upper right corner does not work. I believe that the white dialog that is displayed when VS2013 freezes is the "Sign into your Microsoft account" dialog.
Blend starts fine and seems to work as expected.
Any ideas?
Solution 4:
I ran the following command and it at least started:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /SafeMode
Solution 5:
In my case it was a missing file machine.config in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG. I copied the file from another PC and installation immediately started, and completed successfully.