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I am attempting to edit devenv.exe.config to implement the solution provided here.

as i believe it will solve an issue i am having with building a project.

I cannot however edit the file as csrss.exe has a lock on it. A restart did not help. This exe is an os level exe which i cannot kill without taking down the os. i don't know what it has a lock on the config file as no vs tools are running.

I have tried to boot into safe mode but have not been able to.

Any help appreciated :)

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Try running your text editor as an administrator. I ran into the same problem where it appeared that csrss.exe was locking the file. However, it turned out to be a permissions problem stemming from the fact that the file resided under "C:\Program Files (X86)". Once I ran Notepad++ as administator I was able to edit the file.

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