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Asked: 2026-05-22T15:11:14+00:00

I’m wondering whether other users of VS2010 are experiencing the same problems as me.

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I’m wondering whether other users of VS2010 are experiencing the same problems as me.

I find I have to restart VS several times a day after the XAML editor becomes unresponsive to mouse clicks. I’ve tried submitting a Connect issue but got nowhere with that.

My environment is:

Quad core machine runing Vista 64 with 8GB RAM.
VS2010 SP1 – had the same problems with VS2010.
ReSharper 5.1.3

Editing Silverlight XAML files – I have the split screen with preview at the top and the XAML at the bottom. After some time of working, if I click in the XAML the carret doesn’t move to the clicked position. Other parts of VS are unresponsive to mouse clicks as well. Basically I have to shut down VS and restart.

Of course, this is difficult to reproduce – it generally only happens after several hours of running.

Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this, or better bring it to Microsoft’s attention?

Update:

Here’s the link the the Microsoft Connect item I entered.

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/618594/xaml-designer-stops-responding-to-mouse

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve had similar issues where the mouse stops responding on certain windows when resharper is running. The only solutions I’ve found so far are:

    • Hit the ALT key (discovered the mouse becomes active after this, but you have to keep hitting it every time you switch windows)
    • Restart visual studio
    • Disable resharper

    Update:

    This is essentially a Vista 64 problem but ReSharper exacerbates the problem through large memory use. Upgrading to Windows 7 64 bit solves the problem.

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