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crash in visual studio

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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>

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Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

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phoffric

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

Looks like after I added zones, and then tried to research your problem, Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger) came to help.

AndyAinscow

>>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.

LuckyLucks

ASKER

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.

LuckyLucks

ASKER

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)

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?

AndyAinscow

When searching for the crash logs - did you find any solutions to the problem?

AndyAinscow

Also consider running the 'repair' option of the Visual Studio installation.

ps. I assume other projects/solutions compile & build without problem.

LuckyLucks

ASKER

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.