Packages not loading after installing Visual Studio 2015 RTM

Question

The problem

I had Visual Studio 2015 RC installed and installed Visual Studio 2015 RTM over it. I couldn\'t find anything on the Internet that said you couldn\'t d

Answer 1

Similar to @Tom Clelford's solution, but in addition to deleting everything in:

C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0

I had to also delete everything in

C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\vshub

I didn't have to touch anything in the Roaming folder, but that might vary from user to user.

Answer 2

Due to extensions in Visual Studio 2015, I had to rename: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0

Once renamed, I opened Visual Studio 2015 and received more of these errors but the 14.0 folder was recreated.

I closed Visual Studio 2015 and copied the folders Extensions and STemplate from the original/renamed folder to the new one.

I reopened Visual Studio 2015 and all is working again.

Update 2015-09-24T0017:

It stopped working again. I tried all options in this post. I found another post and this seems to have worked:

Run:

devenv /clearcache
devenv /updateconfiguration

Answer 3

I had the same problem after upgrading to new ReSharper 2016.2. I fixed the problem by suspending the ReSharper in visual studio (menu Tools → Options → ReSharper → Suspend).

Answer 4

My problem happened after installing Visual Studio 2015 Update 1.

I tried all suggested solutions without luck. The solution which worked for me was a one from Eric Knox (Microsoft team).

This is it:

1. Download the correct VSUpdate 1 configuration to a folder on your machine from this link: https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/6/276D15B2-6851-42AA-8D1F-639CD3FC84BE/devenv-exe-config-update1.xml

2. Open an administrator command prompt and run these steps (assuming you installed to the default location):

   cd "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE"
   ren devenv.exe.config devenv.exe.config.backup
   copy <local path to file downloaded in step #1> .\devenv.exe.config
   devenv /UpdateConfiguration
   

You can check his full article here

Answer 5

The only thing that worked for me was repairing SQL Server Data Tools (go to Uninstall Programs and select Change/Repair):

Answer 6

In my case for NugetPackage, the problem was possibly due to installing Visual Studio 2013 after installing Visual Studio 2015 (co-existing).

The way I resolved it was to re-install NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio 2015 (in Tools > Extensions and Updates...)