Visual Studio 2015 does not start

Question

We have installed Visual Studio 2015 Professional on Windows 7. It was working fine. But after we installed updates from the menu Tools-->\'Extensions and Updates\' today the Vi

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me. Go to the Command Prompt and navigate to the folder with devenv.exe

In my case it was C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE

then execute

Devenv.exe /ResetSettings

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241273.aspx

Answer 2

After trying the other solutions in this thread, what finally worked for me was:

From an elevated Command Prompt, navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE".

Execute:

devenv.exe /Log C:\temp.log

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241272.aspx

The log should contain a matching set of Begin and End entries for every extension:

<description>Begin package load ...
...
<description>End package load ...

If the last extension is missing the End package load entry, you need to uninstall that extension.

Execute:

devenv.exe /SafeMode

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241278.aspx

Go to "Tools -> Extensions and Updates" and uninstall the offending extension.

Exit VS. Start VS as normal. In case it still doesn't work, repeat the procedure.

Answer 3

Nothing of above helped me, What helped me was to copy devenu.exe from other computer which had VS installed and then replacing it with mine computers devenu.exe.

Answer 4

I had the same problem. It was caused by Visual Studio Extensions adding paths to $PATH, which made $PATH grow too long (>2048 bytes).

This breaks VS and lots of other stuff on your machine.

Removing outdated and duplicate lines from $PATH made it short enough and VS2015 and everything worked again.

Answer 5

1. Run C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Blend.exe
2. Right click on some file in "Solution Explorer" such as "default.aspx" and select "Edit in Visual Studio"

Answer 6

For me it only shows Visual studio 2015 window without disappearing and showing IDE or any error.

Non of following solutions worked for my normal domain user but there was no issue running it with administrator.

• Devenv.exe /ResetSettings
• Reinstalling
• Repairing
• Watching event viewer for more details
• Cleaning temp and cleanup and finally seeing some error

Finally I deleted my whole profile from admin via [System properties]-> [Advanced] -> [Profile] and it resolved the problem.

Just before that copy your user folder somewhere or at least your desktop and user folders and also your bookmarks and settings.