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Office 2010 gotcha 2: Visual Studio 2008 Locks

By On · 53 Comments · In Aggreko, Tools
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I am having a little problem with Visual Studio 2008 that only started after I had installed Office 2010. I found this interesting post on Visual Studio 2008 Locks or Freezes in ASPX from Rinat Abdullin that was a complete match to the problem I am having.

Basically VS just bings at you whenever you click anywhere as if there is a model dialog open after opening and trying to edit an aspx file.

If you get this problem then there is a simple solution, well, one that worked for me. You need to run a repair on the “Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component” that is part of Office 2007.

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You can find the setup in the following locations:

Windows 64bit

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Setup.exe

Windows 32bit

C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Setup.exe

My guess is that when Office 2010 is installed it has a new version of this component that has not yet been made compatible with Visual Studio 2008…

It was a frustrating couple of hours this morning to figure it out with the bulk of the time taken up with an ineffectual repair of Visual Studio 2008 SP1, ahh well, now I know…

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  • Jim Wooley

    Thanks. It seems to have solved my problem as well.

  • Tyler Smith

    This worked perfectly. Thank you!

  • Nyubi

    Thx for the articles, will try it!

  • Grant Perry

    I’ve had to “repair” several times. This is totally crazy!

  • Martin Hinshelwood

    You use a beta, ya takes your chances :)

  • Marcel du Preez

    Fixed it for me too… thx!

  • Stephen

    Awesome! Thank you so much!!! This was driving me insane!
    I was about to uninstall office 2010… well actually i clicked uninstall and it told me installation files were corrupt, so that didn’t work

  • Joe McBride

    I had this same issue which this was the fix. Thanks for the tip!

  • Johannes

    This fix didn´t really help – I could use the html text editor but not the html design view. And from time to time it was necessary to repair the above setup it again…

    But here is the solution which helped on my computer:
    http://abdullin.com/journal/2009/5/12/visual-studio-2008-locks-or-freezes-in-aspx.html

  • artmasa

    Awsome!!! It works again

  • Cory

    Thanks! This appears to have worked for me as well.

  • Ken

    Thank you – It’s fantastic you took the time to post this solution. I can’t imagine how long this would have taken to fix without your post.

  • Geno

    Looks like I am having the issue as well. Unfortunetly, repairing doesn’t solve the problem. I still having VS2008 issues. The only partial fix i have found was to uninstall the “Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component” and live with the Design mode of VS2008 not working. At least it doesn’t lock up though.

  • Thanks!

    Thank you

  • Andrew Fletcher

    Thanks so much for this, this problem with VS has been driving me mad for hours. Thanks for the fix – worked perfectly

  • Matthew Hansel

    This seems to have fixed my issue. I am seeing that some people are still having the issue? Is this a permanent fix, or one that we may have to run on a more regular basis? Thanks as it seems to be working for me right now.

  • Gintaras Slavinskas

    Thanks, it solved my problem as well.

  • Sekhar

    Thanks a lot. It solved my problem

  • Jeremy

    Thanks! Solved my problem!

  • Eladio Campos

    Thanks a lot. It solved my problem

  • Phillip Quinlan

    Dude, that fixed it – thanks a lot :D

  • Steve Knott

    Thanks… .worked like a charm…

  • David Christiansen

    Thanks Martin, saved the day!

  • Phil Shaw

    Just came across your article. Been trying to fix this all morning. Thanks..very much appreciated.

  • Anon2

    THANK YOU!!!

  • Gracious

    That should be up for post of the year.

  • William Cortes

    Thanks a Lot

  • GavMan

    Thanks so much … I was going crazy trying to fix this.

    I am interested in knowing what your troubleshooting steps were that lead you to this. I tried some logging, check event logs, etc, but just wasn’t getting any clues.

  • Michael Thwaite

    Thanks, all fixed now!

  • Aaron King

    Awesome find. Yesterday was a completely unproductive day. Today will be better thanks to this fix. Thanks for sharing.

  • Fredrik Johansson

    Thank you so much!!! After 4 hours of constant pain, my headache is finally gone!! Here you go: http://www.webworksllc.com/I_Like_You.cfm

    Here’s some keywords to help other find this excellent post: Visual Studio 2008, ws_disabled, spy++, vs2008, hangs, stops responding, freezes, stops responding to user input

  • Brad Davis

    Thanks so much! I couldn’t pinpoint what happened when VS started locking up. Much appreciated!

  • Juan Pablo Aguilaa

    Thanks. It worked for me as well

  • Will

    Fix wored for me too, thanks!

  • Petr Cermak

    Thanks a lot, you saved me a bunch of hours. Works like a charm!

  • bill

    THANK YOU

  • cheap purses

    i love your things , it is nic

  • Blake Shadle

    Perfect! You’re a life saver. Running on a VS 2010 beta gets old real fast.

  • JK

    Thank you!!!

  • Neal

    Bug still exists in the RTM of office, guess they didnt bother to fix this

  • Tom Ray

    AWESOME! I have been pulling my hair out for the past 2 days!

  • Lars Meldgård

    Thanks buddy! How simple and utterly irritating. You saved my day

  • FIN-Make

    Thanks very much! Your solution fixed my problem as well.

  • Danny

    Great anwser. Been trying to solve problem all day :-)
    This fixed my problem

  • Matthew

    Wow, thanks! My co-worker and his family owe you. This was making me insane and I was about to kill someone over a deadline and a freezing dev environment. He was the closest person to me.

  • McTesterson

    You made my month. u rule.

  • Ivan

    Thank you!!!!

  • josh

    Awesome thanks, worked great.

  • Chris Roberts

    Worked for me – great tip, thanks! How did you work it out?

  • Mal

    you are an fing star

  • Alessandro Miele

    Thanks! Many thanks!

    It worked for me and I have the Office 2010 Professional Plus RTM installed on my pc.

  • WhiteKnight

    You’re a lifesaver dude…Thanks!

  • Nunung

    Hmmm, I hope I can solve my problem after read your article, thank you