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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T19:26:08+00:00 2026-06-15T19:26:08+00:00

I installed Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 and now I can’t add a reference

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I installed Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 and now I can’t add a reference to any project.

The Add Reference dialog does not open at all.

The ActivityLog.xml contains these errors :

550  Begin package load [ReferenceManagerPackage] {48D4A2C1-02AD-4F18-9153-620511BACB7B}  VisualStudio 2012/12/09 00:39:58.544 
551 ERROR CreateInstance failed for package [ReferenceManagerPackage] {48D4A2C1-02AD-4F18-9153-620511BACB7B} 80131522 VisualStudio 2012/12/09 00:39:58.575 
552 ERROR End package load [ReferenceManagerPackage] {48D4A2C1-02AD-4F18-9153-620511BACB7B} 80004005 - E_FAIL VisualStudio 2012/12/09 00:39:58.575 

I’m on VS2012 Professional.

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    2026-06-15T19:26:10+00:00Added an answer on June 15, 2026 at 7:26 pm

    Following a suggestion from the Visual Studio Setup and Installation forums, I uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Studio and the problem is gone for now …

    Note that I had difficulties uninstalling Visual Studio, I guess the install had been corrupted but by what ?

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