Cannot open source file

Question

My VM of Visual Studio 2010 was working fine but then all of the sudden any time I try to open a source file I get the error:

"Exception has been thrown by the target of invocation."

When I click "ok" nothing happens.

The only errors in the event log are these two:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        TraceLog Profiler
Date:          12/2/2008 10:39:21 PM
Event ID:      5
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      VS2010CTP
Description:
TraceLog Profiler failed in initialization due to a lack of instrumentation methods, process ConsoleApplication2.vshost.exe
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="TraceLog Profiler" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="58454">5</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-12-03T06:39:21.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>13937</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>VS2010CTP</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>ConsoleApplication2.vshost.exe</Data>
    <Binary>00000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Log Name:      Application
Source:        .NET Runtime
Date:          12/2/2008 10:39:21 PM
Event ID:      1022
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          VS2010CTP\Administrator
Computer:      VS2010CTP
Description:
.NET Runtime version 4.0.11001.1 - Loading profiler failed.  The profiler COM object was instantiated, but the profiler failed during its initialization callback.  Profiler CLSID: '{301ec75b-ad5a-459c-a4c4-911c878fa196}'.  HRESULT: 0x80004005.  Process ID (decimal): 5884.  Message ID: [0x2505].
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name=".NET Runtime" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1022</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-12-03T06:39:21.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>13938</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>VS2010CTP</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-680025851-272716454-1362934670-500" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>.NET Runtime version 4.0.11001.1 - Loading profiler failed.  The profiler COM object was instantiated, but the profiler failed during its initialization callback.  Profiler CLSID: '{301ec75b-ad5a-459c-a4c4-911c878fa196}'.  HRESULT: 0x80004005.  Process ID (decimal): 5884.  Message ID: [0x2505].</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Justin Etheredge

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http://www.codethinked.com

Answer 1

Hello all,

Any news about this issue ? It seems I'm getting the same error, but it has never worked fine (first evening spent with it, so... :))

* The only things I can open are C# & VB forms in designer (tested various C++, C# & VB projects)
* When trying to look at code in C# & VB, I get the same error message: "Exception has been thrown by the target of invocation. "
* When trying to open a C++ code file, the error message is: "The operation could not be completed. "

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Answer 2

Nevermind, I got it "solved" (well, kinda).

If anyone has the same trouble, here's what I've done: when finished installing the CTP virtual harddrive, I immediatly launched it w/o applying first the setting to disable clock synchronisation. So, I wiped out the extracted vhd, extracted a brand new one, immediatly applied the clock synch fix, and every thing works nicely after this.