C# parse string “0” to integer

Question

I have a new laptop at work and code that worked earlier in the week does not work today.

The code that worked before is, simplified:

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Answer 1

I have seen this issue crop up with .NET Double class, parsing from string "0" as well.

Here's the really wacky part: you can get past the issue by using a different user account to run the program, and sometimes if you destroy and re-create the current user account on the machine, it will run fine.

I have yet to track this down, but you might get past it this way at least.