How to fix Timer out while connecting to named pipe

Question

Hello ,

I work in VS2022 and try to open a form , x.cs let's say.

When i press view designer i receive this error

Answer 1

Hello @Enache, Cosmin,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I notice that there’s a similar thread: Windows Forms designer error Timed out while connecting to named pipe after setting Logging Level to None which is a known issue and has been fixed(pending release).

I’m not very sure if you get the same issue, you can try following methods currently. If they don’t work, consider updating VS later(when version 17.11 releases) or reporting this issue directly on our Developer Community.

Methods that you can try:

1. Restart VS.
2. Reset VS settings(run devenv /ResetSettings in Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2022).
3. Repair VS(VS Installer => More => Repair, this may take some time).
4. Make sure that Tools => Options => Windows Forms Designer => General => .NET Core => Logging Level isn’t set to None.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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Answer 2

We resolved the problem , instead of repx we need to use vsrepx