crash in visual studio

Hi

I have a  crash in visual studio that I am able to capture via devenv.exe to a logfile. What does the error seem to indicate and how can i fix it?

Please see the logfile below.

<entry>
    <record>9</record>
    <time>2015/06/27 20:41:29.619</time>
    <type>Information</type>
    <source>Microsoft Visual Studio</source>
    <description>Loading UI library</description>
    <guid>{DA9GH541-C724-11D0-AE1F-00A0C90FFGC3}</guid>
    <path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\*\msenvui.dll</path>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <record>10</record>
    <time>2015/06/27 20:41:29.643</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>Microsoft Visual Studio</source>
    <description>Error checking App Path</description>
    <hr>80070005 - E_ACCESSDENIED</hr>
  </entry>
LuckyLucksAsked:
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Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)PresidentCommented:
E_ACCESSDENIED indicates that the system is trying to access a directory that is not accessible for the current user, probably one of the sub directories under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0.

You might try running Visual Studio as an administrator.

Or check the security configuration of the directories and files under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0, since from the first part of the log, it seems to be where the thing is looking.

Unfortunately, I do not have VS9 anymore, and newer versions do not use this dll, so I cannot tell you exactly in which directory it is located.

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phoffric\Commented:
Never saw your problem, so I can only make a WAG about this. My guess is that you do not have access to the file:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\*\msenvui.dll

Try running VS as administrator to see if the E_ACCESSDENIED error goes away.
phoffric\Commented:
Looks like after I added zones, and then tried to research your problem, Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger) came to help.
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AndyAinscowFreelance programmer / ConsultantCommented:
>>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\*\msenvui.dll

Just another point.  A '*' in a path is not a valid symbol - have you entered this path somewhere yourself.
LuckyLucksAuthor Commented:
I have not entered the * in the path myself. But while i was scouring the web, i looked over other people's crash logs and they seemed to have a * in their paths as well, sometimes to dll other than msenvui.dll

So i suspect that the addition of a * might be a microsoft thing.
LuckyLucksAuthor Commented:
Also, on my actual filesystem , I found the msenvui.dll in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\1033

Also, in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\1033  (visual studio 2013)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\1033  (visual studio 2012)


and so on.
So this msenvui.dll seems to be used in other visual studio versions ?
Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)PresidentCommented:
You are right. It also does in 2015.

When I go to look directly in the directory, there it is. But for some reason it does not appear on a search on my C drive, which prompted my first comment.

This being said, did you solve your problem?
AndyAinscowFreelance programmer / ConsultantCommented:
When searching for the crash logs - did you find any solutions to the problem?
AndyAinscowFreelance programmer / ConsultantCommented:
Also consider running the 'repair' option of the Visual Studio installation.  

ps.  I assume other projects/solutions compile & build without problem.
LuckyLucksAuthor Commented:
It seems running as administrator gets rid of the error. But I am surprised that it take Admin powers to get rid of the error in the first place. Generally, people would be running VS as regular users, not admins.
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