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Just installed a fresh Visual Studio 2013 Professional on my machine with Windows 8.1. The setup was successful but VS failed to start. It's frozen on the splash screen. VS splash screen

EDIT: activityLog.xml

<entry>
    <record>23</record>
    <time>2014/12/07 21:32:12.467</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>SetSite failed for package [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.ConnectedUser.ConnectedUserPackage]</description>
    <guid>{7F679D93-2EB6-47C9-85EB-F6AD16902662}</guid>
    <hr>80070002</hr>
    <errorinfo>Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.</errorinfo>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <record>24</record>
    <time>2014/12/07 21:32:12.467</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>End package load [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.ConnectedUser.ConnectedUserPackage]</description>
    <guid>{7F679D93-2EB6-47C9-85EB-F6AD16902662}</guid>
    <hr>80070002</hr>
    <errorinfo>Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.</errorinfo>
  </entry>
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  • Did you try to disable your anti-virus? Or is there any entry in the event log? – Joachim Sauer Dec 07 '14 at 21:42
  • No antivirus installed yet. I just installed my windows. Where is the log file of the installation? – cosmarc Dec 07 '14 at 21:57
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    Try to start Visual Studio from the command line with the log-Parameter: devenv /log .A log file called ActivityLog.XML will be created in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0 – Joachim Sauer Dec 07 '14 at 22:09
  • Added the content of the log file. – cosmarc Dec 08 '14 at 20:36
  • Did you find a solution? I have a similar issue. Same error in the log. – Peet Brits Jun 29 '15 at 09:00
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    I solved this issue, sorry for not posting it. What I remember is that it was a Team Explorer problem or a Team Foundation Server one. Please download https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40776 and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44921 also upgrade yor IE to v11 and check and install all windows updates regarding visual studio 2013. I'll search for exact answer meanwhile and I'll post it here if I found it. Don't forget to cleanup VS logs. – cosmarc Jun 29 '15 at 10:25
  • I use GIT not TFS, so I do not really want to install Team Explorer... FYI, how I got here: The errors started after I upgraded to VS2013 Update 4. The white screen started after following the advice of this post plus its first comment: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19428110/371917 – Peet Brits Jun 29 '15 at 10:38
  • Oh, and is there a call to clean the VS logs, as you mention? – Peet Brits Jun 29 '15 at 10:38
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    Installing VS2013 Team Explorer added the missing file. (I suppose you can add your comment as the answer.) – Peet Brits Jun 29 '15 at 12:48

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Installing Visual Studio 2013 Team Explorer ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40776 ) solved the problem.

EDIT (from comments)

It may also help to first install the latest version of Visual Studio (currently VS 2013 Update 4, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44921 ), and install any related Windows updates.

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