When I open an existing VS2015 solution file in VS2017, Solution Explorer is empty. I've tried to close and reopen Visual Studio several times, but the same thing happens every time. How to fix this?
This should fix it:
Close Visual Studio
Open Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 (from Windows start menu)
Run devenv /updateconfiguration
Reopen Visual Studio
I'm experiencing the same issue. VS goes through all the steps when loading a solution, including "Preparing Solution", but then the Solution Explorer just comes up empty. So far I haven't found a solution. I tried deleting .suo files, and I tried cleaning the solution.
Like Eivind, I need to open the solution from the file menu. Fortunately, that has always worked for me so far.
Today's update for VS2017 fixed it for me. Also see https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/24529/solution-doesnt-open-in-vs-2017.html
I faced this type of issue when opening project on visual studio 2017.
If you have connected with TFS and I believed that your connection has been lost.
Re-connect and close the project and then reopen using visual studio.
Hope this will helpfull!
On the Notification Area there is a message for Visual Studio 2017 updates. Click on that and this fixed my problem of empty Solution Explorer when u click on a 2015 sln file.
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I have been using Vs 2017 for several months on dev machine. This fine morning says setup incomplete. Am I missing something?
In this case you need to go to Control Panel => Programs and Features and choose Visual Studio and update it.
VS 2017 (15.6.6) was fine for me on Friday 6/1/18 on Windows 10, but same issue as OP today after a restart.
As suggested by the dialog and Retired Ninja, I ran the Visual Studio Installer (to 15.7.3 after updating VS Installer) and that fixed it.
Note that the 15.7.3 update was a 7.73 GB download. Your download size may vary.
This has happened to me for the last 3 upgrades in Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 (now again on upgrade to 15.9.21).
The fastest fix (and I'm not sure why) is simple and doesn't bomb your settings or take for ever.
In the Visual Studio Installer, click on Modify.
Click "Modify" on the bottom right corner.
Yes it says "Total space required 0 KB".
Yes you didn't really change anything.
It will then act like it is downloading something. (not sure what)
It will then act like it is installing something. (again, not sure what)
Open Visual Studio 2017 and it works.
Hope this helps.
If you have an offline installation like me and can't simply re-run the Visual Studio Installer you can edit devenv.isolation.ini and change the last line to read SetupFinished=true. It will detect your trickery and complain, but at least it will launch again.
Edit: I ended up getting the Visual Studio Installer to fix the issue after choosing the "Download then Install" option. Maybe I was too impatient when I initially stopped the update? My above answer is useful when you need to get work done that isn't affected by the broken features, but you will likely encounter problems later on.
just had the same problem (without any reason with) vs 2019 prof, after googling and reading on that topic, just went to vsix, looked for some individual component to install/uninstall, randomly picked cloud explorer, uninstalled it and some dependent components and VS 2019 prof started normally
decided to leave this here. may be it helps somebody
Solved: I did following steps, run the visual studio and it works for me.
In my case visual studio was working fine , I just restarted the PC, this popup was keep coming when I try to open visual studio.(in my case I was using VS 2019)
Go to this path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\Common7\IDE"
Open devenv.isolation.ini, set SetupFinished=true and save.
Now open visual studio.
Cheers!
In my case did following steps:
Clear temp files (you can %temp% in run command and Shift+Delete files)
Restart your computer
Open visual studio it will work properly.
Update: Faced problem again after couple of days, This time I go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer.
Click on retry.
Select one more feature which I had already installed on my Visual Studio
Click on modified and after installation it worked again.
This happened to me after I canceled a plugin update.
I solved by going to this site that has the latest update of Visual Studio.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes
I downloaded and upgraded it.
After that, Visual Studio worked.
If your VS is already upgraded, there´s an option to "repair" on the installer.
For this problem, goto uninstall screen in control panel right-click visual studio and select option change, Installer page will open now, In that window without changing anything click modify. it will solve the problem. I'm using VS Professional 2017
I got the same error today morning. This is what I did:
I ran the visual studio installer then I clicked on Modify.
The installer was showing 0KB Required. I continued and then it downloaded and installed. (Not sure what).
After that installation, it was able to launch.
I hope it works for you as well.
I was using Vs 2019 professional 16.6 and happened to me this issue one morning. I modified the installation by adding Azure Development tools even though I was not using it. This fixed the issue.
I just updated to 15.9.24 and I got this yet again, as I have my resolution above, and Visual Studio 2019 seems to be a lot better with avoid this issue. The installer for 2019 you do have to change something and do the modification, 2017 you don't have to change anything.
I reported this issue through Developer Community:
Setup not complete since 15.9.21
I don't know why but sometimes its buggy
it's up to date but after launch visual studio this error prompted !
you have to click modify in vs installer and just modify it.
its not going to download anything.
after a moment launch vs and enjoy :)
For VS2022, WIN11:
Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Microsoft Visual Studio Installer
Then, click on Change and resume the previous process.
Yesterday I uninstalled Visual Studio 2015 and then installed Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise. Now I have the following problem when I try to open a solution (existings and also if I create a completely new one):
When I open "MySolution.sln" directly per double click or pinned from Taskbar, then the solution opens very shortly but then immediately closes again and I am at the plain Visual Studio start screen.
But when I open the solution from Visual Studio via "Open Solution" dialog, everything works as expected.
Has anybody an idea why this could happen? What is the difference between these 2 opening ways?
EDIT: The problem only occurs, when the solution is in a TFS source controlled folder.
I have this C++ project I am trying to debug in Visual Studio (Community) 2015. The build is always successful, but after that debugging never starts. All that shows up is the Windows loading icon, which just never goes away. Any ideas about what might be wrong?
The problem was that Avast was interfering with my Visual Studio Projects. I used the instructions at https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=139935.0 to get it to work.
Basically you need to exclude your VS projects from Avast's scan.
... but simply turning off DeepScreen in Avast 2014 is not enough. I
make multiple apps in Visual STudio 2012, and I can tell you that even
with Deep Screen off, Avast will still pop right up and destroy the
compiling process by saying the .exe is a virus (the crazy "evo-gen
[susp]"). The only way I can get Avast to stop doing that is to
manually enter-in exclusion directories for every directory where I
create apps! ...or make an exclusion for some high-level folder.
Try resetting your settings by going here
Tools >> Import and Export Settings Wizard >> Reset all settings
I had similar problems for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 on Windows 10.
For me, the only solution, which helped is to install this package:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=49029
"FIX: Devenv.com process freezes after you execute devenv.com /build command in Visual Studio 2015 " https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092422
So, I'm kinda new into this VS world. I'm using VS 2012 and it was everything working correctly last time. Now I try to open my projects and none of them actually loads. When I go to the solution explorer I just see the message "Load failed" followed by the message: "The project requires user input. Reload for more information." But when I reload, it pops up a message "The operation could not be completed. There is no support for this interface."
I don't know what it means by "requires user input", i never opened my project with any input, I just click on the project's file and open it...
Anyway, what is going on??
Thanks.
I got the same message (using VS 2013) opening a project located on a network drive.
I Right clicked the project in Solution Explorer and selected 'Reload Project', a dialog appeared warning me about an untrusted location, I clicked OK and the project loaded successfully.
Change the folder name of your project. Then VS asks again if it is trustable. than click YES. after that VS reloads the project
I had to "repair" Visual Studio Express 2012 on my Windows 10.0 Laptop. You get the repair option if you already have Visual Studio installed.
This fixed my issue which was exactly like above.
I removed the ComponentModelCache folder and restarted Visual Studio 2012.
This solved the issue for me.
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache
This worked for me as well. I removed the contents of the folder, ComponentModelCache, then I restarted 2012 and the projects loaded without issue.
I have a problem with debugging my program in Visual Studio 2012 -
when I try to debug the code by inserting some breakpoints, they seem not to work - when I hover on them a message pops up
The breakpoint will not currently be hit. Unexpected symbol reader error while processing <file.exe>
I tried searching for similar problems in the internet but I haven't found any solutions
I'd appreciate any help, thanks!
[VS 2012] Ok I got the answer that fixed this problem, so I'll post this here so that people have no such problem in the future.
A solution is to change
Debug -> (app) Properties-> Configuration Properties -> Debugging
from Auto to Mixed.
The breakpoints will automatically work.
[VS 2015] Closing all instances of VS 2015 and restarting fixes the problem for a while at least. The 2012 fix does not work.
For Visual Studio 2017, closing all open instances and restarting worked for me.
I might have gotten away with closing fewer, for example instances with unrelated solutions open, but I have not tested that.
I had a VS 2017 C++ DLL called from VS 2013 C# application. Upgrading the application to VS 2017 solved the problem.
Just a side note to the answer accepted, you should checkout /DEBUG:FULL in Linker->Debugging in Visual Studio 2017 upwards
Beginning in Visual Studio 2017, the build system in the IDE defaults to /DEBUG:FASTLINK.
This limited PDB can't be used for debugging when the required build products are not available, such as when the executable is deployed on another computer.
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/debug-generate-debug-info?view=vs-2019
In VS2017, I have to clean up and close the whole solution, then delete the .vs folder from the solution folder, then recompile to fix it.