Questions tagged [vshost.exe]
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I can't kill MyApp.vshost.exe
I've managed to get myself in a state where I've no instances of devenv running, but still a MyApp.vshost.exe in the background (no visible windows or consoles).
I've tried TaskManager, ProcessExplorer and command line (taskkill /F /IM…
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vshost.exe file in Release folder?
Why there is a appname.vshost.exe file generated for the release version of my application? I might add that I'm using an external dll library and some unsafe code.
What's even more interesting, my application launched from Release folder does not…
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vshost32.exe has stopped working when I call the ShowDialog method of OpenFileDialog
I've a c# application, I'm doing a final test of it.
But now, a function which has worked everytimes until now doesn't work anymore!
I've a Button, when I click on it I want to browse files, I see the "Open file" windows, and an half second after, I…
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vshost.exe not terminating properly in Visual Studio 2015
I am in charge of testing VS 2015 and how it works with our current applications for my employer. We currently use VS 2013 for everything we have, so I know there are no issues there. The problem I am having is that it appears the vshost.exe isn't…
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memory leak when calling unmanaged code from managed code in Windows 7
When I call an unmanaged C++ code from my C# code, I seem to have some kind of a memory leak.
The C++ reads data from a file using ifstream.read, and writes it to a Vector.
This happens only after upgrading to Windows 7, doesn't happen on Vista, but…
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Disabling Visual Studio hosting process on Visual Studio Community 2017
I am trying to disable output of a vshost.exe file to my release folder.
There is a similar question here and here. This Microsoft doc instruction for 2015, and followed the 2017 rc link and found this
They all mention the Enable the Visual Studio…
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Why is my method calling Assembly.GetCallingAssembly() not JIT-inlined?
I'm trying to craft a short C# snippet that would illustrate change of Assembly.GetCallingAssembly() behavior because of JIT-inlining outlined in MSDN. Here's my code so far:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
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How to keep vshost.exe for debugging but stop spurious launching
There is a similar question here on SO, but I have a fairly small solution and I do launch the debugger from within VS. My understanding is that using the Enable the Visual Studio Hosting process checkbox has several advantages so I'd like to keep…
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Execution difference between "App.exe" and "App.vshost.exe" with WndProc
I am attempting to adapt an application developed in VS 2008/C# that listens to another application's WM_ messages through the use of the Control.WndProc method. When the "app.exe" version is run, WM_USER messages are visible and processed; however…
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Program.vshost.exe Error Preventing Running Program
I've been moving files around from my debug folder in an attempt to open the executable for my program from a different location. This seemed to have screwed things up, and I'd like to know how to fix them.
The exact error reads as…
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What is needed to run a WPF app?
I copied my .exe, plus its vshost.exe, plus the sqlite database file it uses, but it won't run outside of Visual Studio. There's no err msg when I 2-click my .exe - it just won't run. What is it lacking?
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Visual Studio Professional 2012 svhost32.exe error running hello world
I am new to Microsoft Visual Studio and have just installed Visual Studio 2012 on my computer. I am trying to run a simple hello world console application. This is my code:
using System;
namespace HelloWorld
{
class Program
{
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.NET console application exit code wrong in visual studio debugger output window when using return from within Main
I've read about different ways to set the exit code for a .NET console application here and here and at other places.
And they all result in the correct value in the %ERRORLEVEL% after executing the console app from within a cmd.exe (or in…
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Installing Visual Studio 2015 breaks 2010's functionality
This isn't the first time I've had this problem. Unfortunately, I guess I didn't learn my lesson the first time. I was assuming it was another issue. I'm on a fresh install of Windows 7 Enterprise.
I installed 2010 and SP1. Everything was fine. I…
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MAF AddIn process exits when running outside vshost
I have a MAF AddIn so i can show a Windows Forms application from WPF app.
It all works perfectly when run from Visual Studio in vshost but when I run the app outside VS then most of the time the AddIn process exits:
public FrameworkElement…
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