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I tried to start my Visual Studio 2012 Professional as every day. Out of nothing, it will not start anymore.

Already googled around but can't find a solution that realy solves my problem. If possible I would like not reinstallin Visual Studio completely.

Some facts I already figured out:

  1. I did not install any new packages/updates since yesterday
  2. It starts with devenv.exe /SafeMode
  3. It does not start with devenv.exe /ResetSettings

  4. Starting with devenv.exe /Log will fail, but it shows the following:

    Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.SmartDevice.ProjectSystem.Base.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 11.0\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\TESTWINDOW......\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SmartDevice.ProjectSystem.Base.dll

The file mentioned is locally not existing. At my colleagues computer this file also not exists but Visual Studio is running normally.

I'm currently running sfc /scannnow in case any system-files are somehow corrupted. (Nothing found)

Any ideas what I can do next to find the issue?

Plugins/Extensions installed:

  • ReSharper 7
  • GitExtensions

Update:

Repairing ReSharper through Programs and Features seems to fix the problem. After restarting same error occurs

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  • Do you have Xamarin tools installed? If so you may want to look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20337032/visual-studio-2013-crashing-when-opening-debug-tab – Piers Myers Mar 12 '15 at 11:46
  • Have you tried repairing Visual studio from programs and features? And have you tried clearing the meta-data cache http://stackoverflow.com/a/20301710/736079? – jessehouwing Mar 12 '15 at 12:34
  • The `Microsoft.VisualStudio.SmartDevice.ProjectSystem.Base.dll` is part of the Windows Phone tools which may need to be repaired. – jessehouwing Mar 12 '15 at 12:35
  • Re-Install of ReSharper fixed the problem at first. After my computer was in Hibernate-Mode, Visual Studio again did not start. Any ideas? – KingKerosin Mar 13 '15 at 06:11

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