I can’t launch Visual Studio after it was installed as it gives me the error: Visual Studio failed to start due to an error. StreamJsonRpc.RemotelnvocationException:

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I can’t launch Visual Studio after it was installed as it gives me the error: Visual Studio failed to start due to an error. StreamJsonRpc.RemotelnvocationException: Access denied along the way “C:\Users\hfx16\AppData\Local.IdentityService\VBAccountStore.lock.” InnerException - System. UnauthorizedAccessException: Access denied along the way “C.\Users\hfx16\AppData\Local.IdentityService\V3AccountStore.lock.” I talked to an agent, and we tried to launch VS form the Developer Command Prompt and running devenv /ResetSettings but as that did not work, we ran the following command on CMD: sfc/scannow and DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth.

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Hi @Иван русанов, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please navigate to the path: C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\.IdentityService. And check if the VBAccountStore.lock and V3AccountStore.lock files exist and ensure that you have full control to the location. 

If it exists, please backup and delete the VBAccountStore.lock and V3AccountStore.lock files. Then, go to Visual Studio Installer > More > Repair the Visual Studio > re-launch the Visual Studio. 

If it doesn’t work, you can manually delete the %localappdata%\.Identityservice folder (C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\.IdentityService) and try again. 

Sincerely,

Anna

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