Visual Studio 2015 with Update 2 - 'The Scc Display Information package did not load correctly'

Question

Loading a project in Visual Studio 2015 with Update 2 (either automatically when VS start or manual load), I receive an error saying: \'The Scc Display Information package did

Answer 1

I have just fixed this problem with VS2015 on Windows7Pro and I DIDN'T have the SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SourceCodeControlProvider registry key. I took Igor's advice and ONLY cleared the %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache folder. When VS2015 restarted, the error was gone and VS 'rebuilt the cache'.

Darel

Answer 2

This is caused if you have certain MSSCCI-based SCC providers installed. You can check your registry's HKLM key: SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SourceCodeControlProvider

If this key is present, that's likely causing the problem.

Proper Fix

Install the fix from KB3151378.

New installations of VS 2015 Update 2 after 4/11/2016 automatically include this fix and no manual installation of a fix is necessary.

Old workaround follows

If you don't use any of the SCC providers mentioned there, try renaming the key to SourceCodeControlProvider_ (added underscore). The package should then load cleanly.

We're working on shipping a fix for VS2015 Update 2 to resolve the issue even while you have MSSCCI-based SCC providers installed.

(Microsoft Employee)