Microsoft KB Archive/303009

= FIX: Crash occurs when opening a new project in Visual Studio .NET Beta 2 =

Article ID: 303009

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q303009



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you loading a new or existing project, Visual Studio .NET Beta 2 may crash.



CAUSE
The failure is due to registry key data that was installed by Visual Studio .NET Beta 1.



RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


 * 1) Open Regedit.exe and browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0\Object_Browser.
 * 2) To be safe, back up this registry key: From the File menu, click Export and save the key to an .reg file.
 * 3) Delete the Object Browser key.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio .NET (2003).

Keywords: kbtshoot kbbug kbfix kbideproject kbvs2002sp1sweep kbvs2005swept kbvs2005doesnotapply KB303009

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