The IDE crashes.

[Gangreen]

I startup visual basic.net 2008 (from visual studio), when I open a project, it loads the project and then goes totally unresponsive. I can't click on anything, and I even cannot bring up the task manager by pressing ctrl+alt+delete (it brings that screen with change password, blabla, start task manager, but when I click on start task manager, I get nothing.

When I try to click on restart pc, nothing happens. The only way of getting out of this situation is holding down the power button.

Same happens when i start a new project, work a bit, and then try to save it. Project is saved, but there is a total hang up.

It has been some weeks since Iast opened vb.net, but I have absolutely no clue why it behaves like this now.

I have done a complete uninstall of everything visual studio installed, manually deleted the folders and registry keys left behind, reinstlled, same problem.

Can anyone help me?

[cloud255]

is it possible that you have aquired some virus or process which consumes so much resources that VS becomes too much for the system to run? there is also a 2 week or so old service pack that might fix the problem, here to go to MS for the download.

[Gangreen]

is it possible that you have aquired some virus or process which consumes so much resources that VS becomes too much for the system to run? there is also a 2 week or so old service pack that might fix the problem, here to go to MS for the download.

No, my pc runs better than ever. Just the vb crashes.
I'll check the service pack

[balabaster]

No, my pc runs better than ever. Just the vb crashes.
I'll check the service pack

Disk space on the drive that holds your swap file? I just had this issue where Visual Studio just basically ground to a halt. As it turned out, the drive that held my swap file had filled gradually over time with junk, I cleaned that drive off and hey presto, my Visual Studio is running great again... as are a lot of my other apps.

At first I thought it was OpenVPN so I uninstalled it again, only to find that the issue remained. Sometimes, we overlook the obvious things because we jump to false conclusions based on coincidence... just a possibility, but worth at least a little look.

[Gangreen]

Disk space on the drive that holds your swap file? I just had this issue where Visual Studio just basically ground to a halt. As it turned out, the drive that held my swap file had filled gradually over time with junk, I cleaned that drive off and hey presto, my Visual Studio is running great again... as are a lot of my other apps.

At first I thought it was OpenVPN so I uninstalled it again, only to find that the issue remained. Sometimes, we overlook the obvious things because we jump to false conclusions based on coincidence... just a possibility, but worth at least a little look.

my swap is only 512Mb, since my ram is 4GB.. I could give increasing it a try if you think that is necessairy.

PS: i decided i shouldn't install the service pack, untill i got basic vb.net running again.

[Gangreen]

I'm clueless right now. I did a factory restore on my pc, installed my programs again, one was visual basic 2008 express, and yet again, it stalls right after loading a project.

I guess there might be some driver issue? Is it possible vb.net crashes because of incompatibility with a nvidia driver?

[Gangreen]

Apparently the same goes for visual C# 2008 express.
Please, I could use the help.

[balabaster]

Apparently the same goes for visual C# 2008 express.
Please, I could use the help.

Does it stall when you create a new project or just when you open a single existing one?

[Gangreen]

Does it stall when you create a new project or just when you open a single existing one?

it stalls right after when i save a project i newly created and worked on, or right after opening a project.

so it does load/save the file, but then goes unresponsive.

[Frinavale]

it stalls right after when i save a project i newly created and worked on, or right after opening a project.

so it does load/save the file, but then goes unresponsive.

Does your computer have a sufficient system requirements in order to run VS2008?

Also, make sure that your .NET Frameworks are not corrupted.

[Gangreen]

Does your computer have a sufficient system requirements in order to run VS2008?

Also, make sure that your .NET Frameworks are not corrupted.

yes, my system is sufficient by far.

I have installed .net framework 3.5 SP1, problem persisted.

and I'm sure the setups are not corrupted since I used the dvd numerous times before.

[Frinavale]

yes, my system is sufficient by far.

I have installed .net framework 3.5 SP1, problem persisted.

and I'm sure the setups are not corrupted since I used the dvd numerous times before.

I had issues with my VS IDE crashing and discovered that it was being caused by a corrupted .NET Framework. To fix the problem I had to uninstall all of the frameworks and then reinstall/update them.

-Frinny

[Gangreen]

I had issues with my VS IDE crashing and discovered that it was being caused by a corrupted .NET Framework. To fix the problem I had to uninstall all of the frameworks and then reinstall/update them.

-Frinny

I solved my problem, or at least found what is wrong. The folder I load/save to is on an ext3 - filesystem. I saved I file and loaded it from a NTFS - filesystem, and things worked like before.

I do think it's kinda strange since vb.net shouldn't be aware of the kind of filesystem..the os should manage that.