Question

After installing the F# September CTP (1.9.6.2), Visual Studio 2008 frequently gives an error ‘Microsoft Visual C# IntelliSense has stopped working’ which promptly crashes all of Visual Studio. I tried the tips mentioned in a similar SO article such as ‘devenv.exe /ResetSettings’, deleting the ncb file (which actually didn’t exist), and installing the latest service pack (SP1) but no luck. Also tried reinstalling F#, nothing. This specifically happens in a C# unit test project that references my F# project and when I start to type things like [TestMethod] or ‘= new Tuple<List<int>,int,int> { Item1 = ‘. That’s why I’m guessing it’s related to F#. Incidentally I have ReSharper installed but disabled. Anyway, wondering if anyone else has had this problem and/or solved it. Otherwise any thoughts/ideas would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

No workaround exists on Vista per Brian McNamera 9/10/08 🙁

Talked to C# team. No workaround on Vista/Server2008. This is supposed to be a ‘non-fatal’ Watson, but non-fatal-ness is broken on Vista, bummer, known issue. On pre-Vista, this apparently will pop up Watson once first time this happens in VS, but not crash and then let you continue unabated.