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VS2017 error when opening settings

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Hi, I’m getting an error when opening the extension settings. I’ve reinstalled ten times maybe, same error.

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Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 
Version 15.9.11
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.9.11+28307.586
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.03190

Installed Version: Enterprise

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2017   00369-90250-34507-AA699
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2017

.ignore   1.2.77
A language service that makes it painless to handle all types of .ignore files such as .gitignore, .tfignore, etc.

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017   15.9.04012.0
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017

ASP.NET Core Razor Language Services   15.8.31590
Provides languages services for ASP.NET Core Razor.

ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2017   5.2.61435.0
For additional information, visit https://www.asp.net/

AttachToAllTheThings   1.0
AttachToAllTheThings Visual Studio Package Detailed Info

Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0   15.9.03024.0
Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0

Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools   15.9.03024.0
Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools

C# Tools   2.10.0-beta2-63501-03+b9fb1610c87cccc8ceb74a770dba261a58e39c4a
C# components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

CodeMaid   11.0.183
CodeMaid is an open source Visual Studio extension to cleanup and simplify our C#, C++, F#, VB, PHP, PowerShell, R, JSON, XAML, XML, ASP, HTML, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JavaScript and TypeScript coding.

Common Azure Tools   1.10
Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.

EditorConfig Language Service   1.17.258
Language service for .editorconfig files.

EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent coding styles between different editors and IDEs.

GitExtensions   1.0
Git Extensions is a graphical user interface for Git that allows you to control Git without using the command-line

JavaScript Language Service   2.0
JavaScript Language Service

JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate 2018.3.4   Build 183.0.20190304.43214
JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate package for Microsoft Visual Studio. For more information about ReSharper Ultimate, visit http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper. Copyright © 2019 JetBrains, Inc.

Microsoft Azure Tools   2.9
Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 - v2.9.0.0

Microsoft Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio   0.4
Simplifying the configuration of Azure DevOps pipelines from within the Visual Studio IDE.

Microsoft JVM Debugger   1.0
Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines

Microsoft Library Manager   1.0
Install client-side libraries easily to any web project

Microsoft MI-Based Debugger   1.0
Provides support for connecting Visual Studio to MI compatible debuggers

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Containers   1.1
Develop, run, validate your ASP.NET Core applications in the target environment. F5 your application directly into a container with debugging, or CTRL + F5 to edit & refresh your app without having to rebuild the container.

NCrunch   
Continuous Testing Tool for .NET
Copyright © 2010-2018 Remco Software Ltd

NuGet Package Manager   4.6.0
NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.

ProjectServicesPackage Extension   1.0
ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

ReAttach   2.3
Gives you an easy way to ReAttach to prior debugging targets. For more information, see https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ErlandR.ReAttach.

ResourcePackage Extension   1.0
ResourcePackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

ResourcePackage Extension   1.0
ResourcePackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

Select Next Occurrence   1.3.83
Selects the next occurrence of the current selection and adds multiple cursors for editing.

Snapshot Debugging Extension   1.0
Snapshot Debugging Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

SQL Server Data Tools   15.1.61903.01040
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools

TypeScript Tools   15.9.20918.2001
TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Viasfora   4.2.188
Add color to your Visual Studio editor!

Visual Basic Tools   2.10.0-beta2-63501-03+b9fb1610c87cccc8ceb74a770dba261a58e39c4a
Visual Basic components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

Visual F# Tools 10.2 for F# 4.5   15.8.0.0.  Commit Hash: 6e26c5bacc8c4201e962f5bdde0a177f82f88691.
Microsoft Visual F# Tools 10.2 for F# 4.5

Visual Studio Code Debug Adapter Host Package   1.0
Interop layer for hosting Visual Studio Code debug adapters in Visual Studio

Visual Studio Tools for Containers   1.0
Visual Studio Tools for Containers

VSColorOutput   2.6.5
Color output for build and debug windows - http://mike-ward.net/vscoloroutput

WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension   0.9.21.62588
WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension version 0.9.21.62588
Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.

The ActivityLog.xml file reads:

....

  <entry>
    <record>2076</record>
    <time>2019/04/16 18:50:54.839</time>
    <type>Information</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>Begin package load [VSColorOutputPackage]</description>
    <guid>{CD56B219-38CB-482A-9B2D-7582DF4AAF1E}</guid>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <record>2077</record>
    <time>2019/04/16 18:50:54.855</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>CreateInstance failed for package [VSColorOutputPackage]Source: &apos;mscorlib&apos; Description: Could not load file or assembly &apos;Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a&apos; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.&#x000D;&#x000A;System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly &apos;Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a&apos; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.&#x000D;&#x000A;File name: &apos;Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a&apos;&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ObjectHandleOnStack type)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Activator.CreateInstanceFromInternal(String assemblyFile, String typeName, Boolean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityInfo)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom(String assemblyFile, String typeName)&#x000D;&#x000A;&#x000D;&#x000A;WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.&#x000D;&#x000A;To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.&#x000D;&#x000A;Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.&#x000D;&#x000A;To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].&#x000D;&#x000A;</description>
    <guid>{CD56B219-38CB-482A-9B2D-7582DF4AAF1E}</guid>
    <hr>80004005 - E_FAIL</hr>
    <errorinfo></errorinfo>
  </entry>

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 4 years ago
  • Comments:10 (5 by maintainers)

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2reactions
namtab00commented, Apr 17, 2019

Again, sorry for the disruption.

@mike-ward no worries, thank you for an enormously useful extension

1reaction
mike-wardcommented, Apr 17, 2019

I’ve updated the manifest. You’ll have to uninstall the extension and download it again. The new version only supports 2019

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