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Jarek Mazur
Jarek Mazur

Reputation: 2072

The 'Visual Studio Explorers and Designer Package' package did not load correctly

Every time I open solution in Visual Studio 2015 I get following message:

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Here are last entries from ActivityLog.xml:

<entry>
   <record>827</record>
   <time>2015/12/23 11:26:13.919</time>
   <type>Error</type>
   <source>VisualStudio</source>
   <description>SetSite failed for package [Visual Studio Explorers and Designers Package][Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]:{   at Microsoft.VSDesigner.VSDMenus.Initialize(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VSDesigner.VSDesignerPackage.VSDesignerPackage.Initialize()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsPackage.SetSite(IServiceProvider sp)}</description>
   <guid>{8D8529D3-625D-4496-8354-3DAD630ECC1B}</guid>
   <hr>80004003 - E_POINTER</hr>
   <errorinfo>Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</errorinfo></entry>

I followed suggestions found in a similar question but with no success.

Unfortunately re-installing NuGet via Extensions and Updates doesn't solve the issue.

Upvotes: 25

Views: 11601

Answers (7)

Mitzi
Mitzi

Reputation: 2811

I had this error on .netcore 3.1 only:

The 'windows forms remote designer hosting package' package did not load correctly

Resolved with the help of all of the answers here.

Remove the entire contents of the directories:

  1. The .vs - in the project
  2. c:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_1cac4d16\

Upvotes: 0

puffgroovy
puffgroovy

Reputation: 240

Deleting this folder did the trick for me.

C:\Users[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_14b774ca

Upvotes: 1

Vitali K
Vitali K

Reputation: 136

This one helps with VS 2017: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/160124/failed-to-load-package-monoandroiddesignerpackage.html

1) Start VS

2) File->New->Project->Xamarin app (either iOS or Android)

3) Now click the Toolbox

4) Close VS

Upvotes: 1

Denny Imanuel
Denny Imanuel

Reputation: 1

Run the following command prompt help me solve the problem on VS 2017 Community. I never tried on other VS version though. Let me know if it works in other version:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /resetskippkgs

Upvotes: 0

aradtech1
aradtech1

Reputation: 1

What did the trick for me was removing "Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.1 VS 2015 Tooling Preview 2"

Upvotes: 0

RadWes
RadWes

Reputation: 336

If @batressc solution doesn't work, you have to delete the .VS folder in the solution folder also.

So:

  1. Close all VS Windows
  2. Delete folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
  3. Delete Folder [Solution Folder]\.vs

Upvotes: 31

batressc
batressc

Reputation: 1588

Delete the file Microsoft.VisualStudio.Default.Cachein the folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache

Upvotes: 12

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