Hi @zainabHL ,
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Do you have any anti-virus software or security management software? If so, please temporarily disable them.
Please try to launch your Visual Studio 2022 in Safe Mode (run devenv /SafeMode in Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022).
You can also start your PC in Safe Mode and run your Visual Studio again to see if any software is blocking VS.
If it doesn’t work, please manually delete the privateregistry.bin file (%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_xxxx\privateregistry.bin).
Then, re-launch your VS2022.
You can refer to the similar issue and try the following steps to load the privateregistry.bin file into regedit.exe:
- Close VS2022 and launch regedit.exe.
- Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE node in the left-hand pane.
- Select the File > Load Hive... menu item, and browse to the user Appdata folder to load the privateregistry.bin file (%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_xxxx\privateregistry.bin).
- Give it a key name like "VS2022"
- It will load data into HKLM node and please check the keys.
- Then, select the "VS2022" and select File > Unload Hive... > close regedit.exe.
Sincerely,
Anna
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