The 'ProviderPackage' package did not load correctly

Question

I installed Visual Studio 2012 and at a later date Update 2. After installing Update 2, when I load any project, I get the following error:

Answer 1

It was the problem with access rights to my %USERPROFILE% directory (because of the failure with the PC). Setting permissions to full access fixed it.

Answer 2

• Close Visual Studio.
• Open a Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2012 (as administrator).
• Type devenv /setup.
• Restart Visual Studio.

Possible duplicate of Visual Studio 2012 error: Package 'Visual C++ package' failed to load

See Visual C++ package: failed to load?????

Answer 3

I had a similar error. After I updated to VS2012.U2, the problem went away. TFS 2012 update 2 can't be removed without removing TFS. While I had an issue with upgrading from TFS2012.U1 to U2, I have found TFS2012.U2 to be worthwhile.

Answer 4

An even quicker fix is to simply repair the Microsoft SQL Server in the list. That fixed my problem.

Answer 5

Uninstalling/Repairing SQL Server Data tools is the only thing which worked for me, thanks to wayne.blackmon comment.

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Answer 6

I was getting this error on Visual Studio start up:

the 'visual studio component model host package' did not load correctly...

After that bunch of other The '' package did not load correctly... error messages.

I realized I don't have enough free space on my C drive, where the Visual Studio were installed.

I opened up some space and restarted the Visual Studio, solved the problem.

Not sure if it has anything to do with the free space on disk though.