Vmware Workstation 6.5 vs Visual Studio 2008

[BobcatASL]

Just upgraded to Vmware Workstation 6.5 this morning on two machines (both XP 32 bit sp3). Both machines had working copies of Visual Studio 2008 sp1.

Vmware Workstation seems to work okay after the upgrade.

Problem that I'm seeing is that now Visual studio won't work.

Visual Studio will launch but if you go to open any existing project or create a new project .. it will start to load the file but then just exit without any error message.

I've even tried to reload the Visual Studio 2008 sp1 .. didn't help.

This has been duplicated on two machines here. Can anyone else duplicate this? Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks.

[BobcatASL]

Further observation ...

uninstalling Vmware Workstation 6.5 and rebooting the workstation

Visual Studio 2008 now works again.

[RDPetruska]

Hmmm... yes, I have duplicated that here as well (VS 2008 Pro SP1). IDE loads, but once project is loading - file list is shown in Solution Explorer window - the IDE goes poof.

[BobcatASL]

Thanks for taking the time to verify that its not just on my end :smileyblush:

[RIyengar]

You can try several things here -

1)In the project folder, there is a file called folder.

It would be great if you let us know which fix works for you.

[BobcatASL]

Please see responses below - I reinstalled Vmware 6.5 on my laptop as I had uninstalled it.

You can try several things here -

1)In the project folder, there is a file called <Project Name>.idc. Delete this file before opening the project in Visual Studio and check if this fixes the issue.

no .idc file present - tried to create a brand new project .. same issue

2) In the VMware install directory (%programfiles%\Vmware\Visual Studio Integrated Debugger) rename dcl.dll and open the project and check if this fixes the issue. Although by doing this replay debugging using the VMware menu will not work.

This allowed the project to open

If both the above solutions do not fix the issue, start Visual Studio. Click on Tools > AddIn Manager and uncheck the VMDebugger AddIn. Then restart Visual Studio. This will prevent the VMware Visual Studio AddIn from loading.

To help us narrow down the issue it would be helpful if you upload the following log files. There are 2 log files.

i)Start Visual Studio. Select Vmware > About. This gives the path to the first log file.

ii)The second log file is vmware-vixWrapper-<pid>.log in %temp%\vmware-<username> folder.

It would be great if you let us know which fix works for you.

[spy39]

Same problem here.

No .idc file.

Renaming dcl.dll let project open.

Win XP SP3, VS2008 SP1, other third party plugins present.

Log files attached.

jack

[admin]

Hi, RDPetruska, BobcatASL, and spy39. Thanks for all your help. I'm trying to reproduce this problem, but I'm unable to even with the described host OS (Win XP SP3) and Visual Studio version (VS 2008 SP1). RDPetruska and BobcatASL, do you also use third party VS plugins? Are you willing to tell me what third party plugins you're using? Thanks!

[spy39]

see attached file for "Copy Info" from "About Visual Studio..."

I removed from the text file what may have been product serial numbers but probably were prodcut ID numbers. If you need them, let me know.

jack

[RDPetruska]

Rylangar: Same info as the others. No idc file. Repeated the crash so I could get the 2 log files created. Then renamed the dcl.dll file, reopened Visual Studio and was able to open a solution file/project with no issues. Same host OS (Win XP Pro, SP3) and VS (VS2008 Pro SP1).

ecl100: The only other plugin I have is IdeaBlade's DevForce.

[JeeTee]

I'm having the same experiences using Visual Studio 2005.

[grossag]

Do you have any other plugins installed in Visual Studio? Is there anything else unusual about your Visual Studio setup? Can you post the logs that were requested elsewhere in the thread? Thanks.

[BobcatASL]

I think I've narrowed it down ...

Looks like a "clean" install works fine ...

A upgrade from 6.04-93057 is whats having a problem on my end.

Same machine .. same software installed. (Reinstalled machine and software multiple times today)

[Fingernagel]

I'm having the same experiences using Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 on the same machine.

[admin]

Hi, all. We have identified the source of the problem reported in this VMTN discussion. The problem is that third party software (most likely Visual Studio add-ins) are conflicting with the VMware Visual Studio add-in (called the VMware Virtual Integrated Debugger). Until a fix is made available, you have two options to work around this problem. (1) If you do not plan to use the replay debugging feature of the VMware Visual Studio add-in (http://www.replaydebugging.com), you can rename the file %programfiles%\VMware\VMware Workstation\Visual Studio Integrated Debugger\dcl.dll (to, say, dcl-save.dll). This will prevent this DLL from being loaded, thus avoiding the problem (and disabling the replay debugging feature). (2) If you plan to use the replay debugging feature, you should try uninstalling other Visual Studio add-ins until the problems goes away. Again, a fix will be made available soon.

I apologize for the inconvenience and trouble this has caused you. If you have questions or concerns related to this issue please do not hesitate to post them here (or contact me directly via the "send private message" feature at http://communities.vmware.com/people/ecl100). Thank you.

[jumbuck23]

I would like to add further issues that seem to be related to the VMWare VS addin.

With VM Workstation 6.5.3, VS Team System 2008 SP1 and no other add-ins.

• The VS 2008 IDE load time is very long when this add-in is installed. (Splash screen 5x+ longer)

• I have no problem loading my projects.

• VS 2008 crashes when I step through items on the Find Results windows (I perform a Find in Files, and program crashes when I press F8 to step to the next item.)

Attempts to Change install of VM Workstation through control panel to remove the VS add-in fail. After required reboot, the Add/Remove programs change install still shows the add-in as installed. I have to completely remove, reboot and reinstall custom to prevent the add-in from installing.

[TerryAPG]

I am having this problem can't get VMWare to recognize VS 2008 as plugin instead of 2005. Has there been a fix yet?