How to debug Visual Studio Crashing
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Hello, This is now starting to get out of hand. Every time I have to build my project Visual Studio 10 crashes on me without telling me why. I have tried starting Visual Studio with writing a log file in the command prompt. And starting Visual Studio in SafeMode in the command prompt. The log file does not show that anything went wrong and Safemode didn't help because I got the same results: crash. My suspicion is that one of my many references (dlls) might be corrupt or faulty. Should I remove them all and load them back in? Can anyone offer some suggestions or links on how to debug why Visual Studio crashes during a build? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did you check your event log?
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Hello, This is now starting to get out of hand. Every time I have to build my project Visual Studio 10 crashes on me without telling me why. I have tried starting Visual Studio with writing a log file in the command prompt. And starting Visual Studio in SafeMode in the command prompt. The log file does not show that anything went wrong and Safemode didn't help because I got the same results: crash. My suspicion is that one of my many references (dlls) might be corrupt or faulty. Should I remove them all and load them back in? Can anyone offer some suggestions or links on how to debug why Visual Studio crashes during a build? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You could try a re-install of VS, which may resolve it. I don't know of any published methods of debugging, but if you report the problem to Microsoft they may have some suggestions.
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Thanks for the feedback. This thought has indeed entered my mind. I may do this if nothing else works.
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Thanks for the feedback. This thought has indeed entered my mind. I may do this if nothing else works.
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Did you check your event log?
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012
I have not looked into the event log, but only used the Visual Studio logging method. As I mentioned before the VS log got me no where. I will try the event log this time and hope it proves more informative. Thanks for the advice.
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I know Microsoft get a bad press sometimes, but I had a Visual Studio problem a couple of years ago and found the response from them to be very good.
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I will sure will try that. This may be a silly question, but can you link me to where I can inform MS of my frustration? Not sure if I should post it at their forums or is there a separate place that handles these type of issues?
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That sounds like a tough one. Because you say, "crashes during a build" I'm assuming that you can open VS and your solution without problem. When you start the build, the problem occurs. If that's correct, I'd try watching very carefully the output window to get clues about how far the build progresses before the crash. You've probably already done that, leading to your suspicion that a dll might be the problem. Another thing I would try is this. Delete all output files produced by a build. (Does Build / Clean still work?) Close VS and make sure everything was cleaned, or perform the task manually. Next I'd delete the .suo file. This is a hidden file in the same directory as your .sln file. If that doesn't help, I'd hope for more suggestions from other people here. :) Good luck!
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
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Another thing I would try is this. Delete all output files produced by a build. (Does Build / Clean still work?) Close VS and make sure everything was cleaned, or perform the task manually. Next I'd delete the .suo file. This is a hidden file in the same directory as your .sln file.
I have tried deleting some of the files, but I have not tried the .suo file. Also, I am going to retry clean and a project clean. Not sure if there is difference between the two, but at this point I will try anything to get this working. Thanks for the feedback!
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I will sure will try that. This may be a silly question, but can you link me to where I can inform MS of my frustration? Not sure if I should post it at their forums or is there a separate place that handles these type of issues?
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I will sure will try that. This may be a silly question, but can you link me to where I can inform MS of my frustration? Not sure if I should post it at their forums or is there a separate place that handles these type of issues?
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That sounds like a tough one. Because you say, "crashes during a build" I'm assuming that you can open VS and your solution without problem. When you start the build, the problem occurs. If that's correct, I'd try watching very carefully the output window to get clues about how far the build progresses before the crash. You've probably already done that, leading to your suspicion that a dll might be the problem. Another thing I would try is this. Delete all output files produced by a build. (Does Build / Clean still work?) Close VS and make sure everything was cleaned, or perform the task manually. Next I'd delete the .suo file. This is a hidden file in the same directory as your .sln file. If that doesn't help, I'd hope for more suggestions from other people here. :) Good luck!
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
Could you Pls explain,what actually the problem being faced? Regards, Anand Deshmukh