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RC2 error in VS 2015 - Failed to initialize CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80131500

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

Install RC2 on a machine that previously had RC1 installed and removed through Add/Remove Programs. Open VS 2015 and create a new.net core console/web or library template.

Expected behavior

New solution created successfully.

Actual behavior

I get the following error:

If I try building i get the following error:

Failed to initialize CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80131500 And it points to: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.Common.Targets (line 241) which is below:

<Dnx RuntimeExe="$(SDKToolingExe)" Condition="'$(_DesignTimeHostBuild)' != 'true'" ProjectFolder="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" Arguments="$(_BuildArguments)" />

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

Product Information: Version: 1.0.0-preview1-002702 Commit Sha: 6cde21225e

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.10586 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:17 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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TheRealPiotrPcommented, Nov 10, 2016

We’ve spent time hardening the installer against these sorts of issues and fixing up the host to provide better messages. We should not see this sort of frustration moving forward.

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sisovin045commented, Jun 3, 2016

@marspd, thank you. I follows your issue to remove Terelik’s JustMock, which had conflict with RC2, then is working fine, I have resolved the issues as you, have the best trip over the weekend.