"Cannot navigate to definition" annoyance in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I just switched to Visual Studio 2010, and now whenever I select something, Ctrl+C to copy, click somewhere else, and Ctrl+V to paste, I get an error message "Cannot navigate to definition." After that, it I try it again, it works. What fantastic new 'feature' should I be turning off to stop this?

Answer 1

I have/had similar issues in VS 2012 (Premium).

I've tried the following:

• removed all bin and obj folders from project's folder: works most of the time.

• repaired VS 2012 (add/remove bugrams (programs) > repair). Didn't help much.

• Close and opened VS 2012: didn’t help much either.

• I've noticed than I couldn't open only files that weren't check-in in TFS. I check-in them and then VS started working normally.

Dunno if this issue will appear again tough.

Hopefully this would help someone.

BR

Answer 2

you can remove the GoToDefProPack.dll file from the following location: C:\Users(myUserName)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Microsoft\Productivity Power Tools\10.0.20318.14 to disable this feature completely.

Answer 3

Bah, it's a bug in Microsoft Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010. the "Ctrl+Click Go To Definition" feature. Apparently, when I click a new location and then press "Ctrl+V" - if I do it quickly enough, it interprets it as a Ctrl+Click and immediately tries to trigger a navigation, even if I clicked on an empty space. The error comes because it doesn't know what I'm trying to navigate to (answer: I'm not).