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Cannot get web page in Visual Studio to open
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Anonymous
Hey ya'll.
When I try to open my web site in Visual Studio I keep getting the two errors below. I've also got my program info below. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Kyle
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Running transformation: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Unspecified error (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))
Server stack trace:
at EnvDTE.Project.get_CodeModel()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.TextTemplatingService.ResolveParameterValue(String directiveId, String processorName, String parameterName)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)
Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.TextTemplatingService.ResolveParameterValue(String directiveId, String processorName, String parameterName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.TextTemplatingService.TextTemplatingServiceCustomProxyInProc.Invoke(IMessage message)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.TextTemplatingService.ResolveParameterValue(String directiveId, String processorName, String parameterName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating2B0D3EE27A0D329CE32AA3543BDE40F97FA833ADF74D64AABEB35D120575D71C13BA35BC0E26B7ED2A097EA250AEAA432C114BB6FC8E19D41F5E934F7B51C386.GeneratedTextTransformation.DynamicHost.ResolveParameterValue(String id, String name, String otherName)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating2B0D3EE27A0D329CE32AA3543BDE40F97FA833ADF74D64AABEB35D120575D71C13BA35BC0E26B7ED2A097EA250AEAA432C114BB6FC8E19D41F5E934F7B51C386.GeneratedTextTransformation.CodeGenerationTools.VsNamespaceSuggestion()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating2B0D3EE27A0D329CE32AA3543BDE40F97FA833ADF74D64AABEB35D120575D71C13BA35BC0E26B7ED2A097EA250AEAA432C114BB6FC8E19D41F5E934F7B51C386.GeneratedTextTransformation.CodeStringGenerator.UsingDirectives(Boolean inHeader, Boolean includeCollections)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating2B0D3EE27A0D329CE32AA3543BDE40F97FA833ADF74D64AABEB35D120575D71C13BA35BC0E26B7ED2A097EA250AEAA432C114BB6FC8E19D41F5E934F7B51C386.GeneratedTextTransformation.WriteHeader(CodeStringGenerator codeStringGenerator, EntityFrameworkTemplateFileManager fileManager)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating2B0D3EE27A0D329CE32AA3543BDE40F97FA833ADF74D64AABEB35D120575D71C13BA35BC0E26B7ED2A097EA250AEAA432C114BB6FC8E19D41F5E934F7B51C386.GeneratedTextTransformation.TransformText() BegASPNET C:\BegASPNET\App_Code\PlanetWrox.tt 1
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Viorel 125.8K Reputation points2022-07-25T04:50:49.787+00:00 Did you also try the latest normal non-preview version of Visual Studio?
Does it happen even with new simple web sites?
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Anonymous
2022-07-25T14:50:38.243+00:00 Hey there!
Yes, I've tried both versions. The only reason I tried the preview version is b/c I read that might be a fix.
I get a different error message when I try to create a new site as seen below.
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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,156 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-07-26T09:27:49.823+00:00 Hello, can you tell me in details what the “b/c” means?
If the exception occurs in all VS, it's probably not a VS issue.
You can run Windows Update Troubleshooter and check if any problems that exist in your computer cause the issue.
Meanwhile, please check for windows updates and install all pending updates.
Then, restart your computer and check again. -
Anonymous
2022-07-26T14:52:17.56+00:00 Thanks for the reply.
"B/c" is just shorthand for the word "because".
My Windows OS is up to date.
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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,156 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2022-07-27T09:16:01.357+00:00 Would you like to uninstall your VS and reinstall it?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/uninstall-visual-studio?view=vs-2022 -
Anonymous
2022-07-27T14:55:05.48+00:00 I've tried that a few times with no success.
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points2022-07-28T10:06:14.017+00:00 Hi @Anonymous
Did Visual Studio create an empty project folder after encountering the error?
When you encounter this error, please try closing and restart Visual Studio and create the same project again.
You can also try updating Visual Studio, running the command
/resetuserdatain Devenv.exe.(Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe). -
Anonymous
2022-07-28T15:02:11.043+00:00 Hi @PengGe-MSFT
I have tried closing and restarting and it will doesn't work.
Visual Studio did not create an empty project folder.
I'm confused about your instructions to update Visual Studio with your command. When I click Devenv.exe it launches Visual Studio as normal as if I simply double clicked the shortcut for it so I'm not sure where to enter the command
/resetuserdataWhere do I actually type in the code
/resetuserdata
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points
2022-07-29T01:49:32.707+00:00 You can navigate to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE" in File Explorer.
Then enter "cmd" in the address bar above, cmd will run, then enter "devenv.exe /reseruserdata " in cmd, press Enter.
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Anonymous
2022-07-29T03:48:15.63+00:00 Hey there!
Thank you so much for your reply with the screenshots.
Unfortunately, even with the screenshots I'm having trouble understanding where to type
cmdI've included a screenshot of where I tried to type it and the error message I received.
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points
2022-07-29T04:57:55.757+00:00 Please clear the address bar and enter CMD.
You can also press Windows+R to open “Run” box. Type “cmd” and then click “OK” to open a regular Command Prompt. Then run the command "cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\ Common7\IDE", navigate to the IDE folder, and run the command "devenv.exe /resetuserdata".
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Anonymous
2022-07-29T15:20:43.687+00:00 Thank you for the clarification.
I was able to get it reset.
Unfortunately, it still throws the same errors as listed above.
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points
2022-08-01T03:55:36.977+00:00 Please repair vs in Visual Studio Installer, then run Visual Studio as administrator.
Do you only encounter this issue in ASP .NET WEB applications? -
Anonymous
2022-08-01T15:59:58.123+00:00 I was able to run the repair per your instructions but I still got the same error messages.
I only seem to encounter this issue on this specific ASP.NET web application that contains .tt and .edmx files.
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points
2022-08-02T04:11:30.473+00:00 Do you encounter this issue in Visual Studio 2022 17.3.0 preview 5.0?
Please try running devenv /SafeMode in the Developer Command Prompt, then creating the project to check if this issue exists.
Have you modified the template of your ASP .NET WEB application? -
Anonymous
2022-08-02T15:13:52.107+00:00 Yes I did encounter the issue even in the preview version. However I've since deleted the preview version and I'm back to Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 17.2.6.
I tried running
devenv /SafeModeand the same error message occurred.I'm not 100% sure what you mean when you ask if I've "modified the template", but to the best of my knowledge the answer is yes, slightly.
I've added the "Web & Cloud" workload for "ASP.NET and web development" as seen in the screenshot below (not sure if this is the kind of modification you're asking about).
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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points
2022-08-03T10:05:42.933+00:00 I mean Customize project and item templates.
I still can't reproduce this issue in Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise 17.3.0 preview 6.0.
If you choose another path to create the project, will you encounter this issue? -
Anonymous
2022-08-03T15:07:34.657+00:00 When I first created the site I chose the ASP.NET Empty Web Site template. I've added many new files to that template. I'm following along with a textbook for school called Beginning ASP.NET by Imar Spaanjaars.
At one point I added a ADO.NET Entity Data Model file. I connected it to a database and VS automatically added two .tt files. Based on the error I keep receiving this appears to be at least part of the problem.
If you choose another path to create the project, will you encounter this issue?
If I choose to open the project as a file, I don't get any errors but then I can't open it as a website.
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