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Sankara
Sankara

Reputation: 1479

VS2010 devenv.exe.config issue

I am unable to open vs2010 .I have windows 7 OS and it is 32 bit machine. Event log says

Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.Config" on line 13. Invalid Xml syntax.

devenv.exe.config file got corrupted lot of junk characters i do not know how it got corrupted.Reset my config setting will be my last option.I do not have any back up of the file

I tried to fix my self i know it is a bad idea.After fixing the file I am not able to save the file. I tried to find out any process has locked the file using Procmon.exe and using another software called unlockit .There is no process locked this config file.

Is there a way to regenerate the config file with out resetting it ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6943

Answers (3)

Bhavjot
Bhavjot

Reputation: 652

Open notepad as Administrator. Open devenv.exe.config in notepad, make changes And Save it in same location.

It worked for me for machine.config.

Upvotes: 0

Gustavo Chacón Bustos
Gustavo Chacón Bustos

Reputation: 27

Try to fix file with a Text Editor running as a Administrator (not windows user account, administrator for program).

Upvotes: 1

Ɖiamond ǤeezeƦ
Ɖiamond ǤeezeƦ

Reputation: 3331

The only option I can think is to create a copy of your devenv.exe.config, then regenerate the devenv.exe.config and paste the additional settings from your copy into the regenerated devenv.exe.config.

You should consider installing a backup application and regularly backing up your development machine. This will allow you to restore individual files or recover your hard disk in the event of a failure. It really is a time saver when something goes wrong.

Upvotes: 1

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