“Visual Studio 2012 has stopped working” when solution is opened

Question

When I open Visual Studio everything is fine, but when I open any solution, it comes up with an error:

Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Desktop has stop

Answer 1

I have encountered this issue (Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Desktop has stopped working.) today after installing the github desktop version. Deleting the files from this location "(%AppData%..\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache)" didnt help. I reset all environment settings using visual studio. Go to Tools -> Import and Export settings and choose "Reset all settings" option to reset the environment settings. I see new settings file generated in the path "C:\Users[username]\Documents\Visual Studio [version]\Settings" and then i was able to open all the existing projects in my local machine.

Answer 2

Deleting the OBJ folder is what resolved this for me.

Answer 3

It is just two steps solution:

1. Delete this folder: %AppData%..\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0
2. Run devenv/resetsettings from the folder where your visual studio is installed.

Answer 4

I faced same problem after I upgraded from windows 8 to windows 8.1 . But I deleted the folder C:\Users\C S RAI\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ and the problem is solved.

Answer 5

Clean the solution Delete / rename all files in your solution created by VS, i.e. all .ncb, .suo, .user files Launch Visual Studio with all add-ins disabled: devenv.exe /SafeMode Reset All Settings: Tools -> Import / Export Settings -> Reset All Settings

Answer 6

I came across this type of error last week working on VS2013, the solution for me is to start the Visual Studio installation and select 'Repair'.