Visual Studio 2012 is unresponsive at start with hidden error messages (two dings at start)

Question

After latest update of Azure tools, Visual Studio 2012 does not work correctly. Looks like an unresponsive application, loading project very long, menu does not work too and yo

Answer 1

I had different symptoms but somehow ended up at this post and crea7or's solution fixed it for me by uninstalling Microsoft Azure HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio from the system.

My Visual Studio 2013 had become unresponsive and was hanging, showing "Connecting..." on the Team Explorer and "Downloading News Feeds..." on the start page. After 10-20 minutes (sometimes never) it would eventually connect through and then work fine.

Hopefully the above text will index and help others find this post and save their time.

Thanks again crea7or, I lost 3 hiours instead of 3 days!