MVC4 razor editor crashes in VS2010SP1

Question

I keep having the razor editor crashing VS2010 SP1 when editing a file.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

James

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The exception is 

Exception Type: System.AggregateException
Exception Message: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread.
Exception Stack Trace:    at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskExceptionHolder.Finalize()
Inner Exception:
Exception Type: System.NullReferenceException
Exception Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Exception Stack Trace:    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.InvokeOnUIThread(InvokableBase invokable)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.Invoke(Action action)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Razor.Implementation.Shims.RazorCodeGeneratorBase.DocumentParseComplete(Object sender, DocumentParseCompleteEventArgs e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Razor.Implementation.Shims.ShimRazorEditorParserImpl.OnDocumentParseComplete(Object sender, DocumentParseCompleteEventArgs args)
   at System.Web.Razor.RazorEditorParser.OnDocumentParseComplete(DocumentParseCompleteEventArgs args)
   at System.Web.Razor.RazorEditorParser.OnParseCompleted(GeneratorResults results, BackgroundParseTask parseTask)
   at System.Web.Razor.Editor.BackgroundParseTask.RunContinuation(Task completed, Action`2 continuation)
   at System.Web.Razor.Editor.BackgroundParseTask.<>c__DisplayClass3.<ContinueWith>b__2(Task t)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClassb.<ContinueWith>b__a(Object obj)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
Inner Exception:
Exception Type: System.NullReferenceException
Exception Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Exception Stack Trace:    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Razor.Implementation.Shims.RazorCodeGeneratorBase.VerifyTreeStructureMatches()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Razor.Implementation.Shims.RazorCodeGeneratorBase.DocumentParseCompleteMainThread()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Razor.Implementation.Shims.RazorCodeGeneratorBase.<DocumentParseComplete>b__1()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.InvokableAction.InvokeMethod()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.InvokableBase.Invoke()




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Installed Extensions
ASP.NET MVC 4 template packages
State = Enabled
Version = 1.0


ASP.NET Web Pages 2 template packages
State = Enabled
Version = 1.0


NuGet Package Manager
State = Enabled
Version = 1.6.30117.9648


SpecFlow
State = Enabled
Version = 1.8.1


Xaml Styler
State = Enabled
Version = 1.5.7


Solution Explorer Tools
State = Enabled
Version = 2.4


PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010
State = Enabled
Version = 1.0.2.3


Productivity Power Tools
State = Enabled
Version = 10.0.20626.18


Visual Studio Color Theme Editor
State = Enabled
Version = 1.3


VSCommands 10
State = Enabled
Version = 10.3.9.1






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Environment Data
VisualStudio.Version = 10.0
VisualStudio.Edition = Premium
VisualStudio.FullName = c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
VisualStudio.RegistryRoot = Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0
VisualStudio.LocaleId = 1033
VisualStudio.DisplayMode = vsDisplayMDITabs
Time.UTC = 3/30/2012 7:56:48 PM
Time.Local = 3/30/2012 3:56:48 PM
OS.Architecture = AMD64
Environment.Version = 4.0.30319.530
Environment.HasShutdownStarted = False
Environment.OSVersion.Platform = Win32NT
Environment.OSVersion = 6.1.7601.65536
CurrentThread.Id = 1
CurrentThread.Name = [null]
CurrentThread.ThreadState = Background
CurrentThread.IsBackground = True
CurrentThread.UICulture = English (United States)
CurrentThread.Culture = English (United States)
Process.PagedMemorySizeMB = 269.78125
Process.MaxWorkingSetMB = 1.34765625
Process.NonpagedSystemMemorySizeMB = 0.164779663085938
Process.PagedSystemMemorySizeMB = 1.15659332275391
Process.PrivateMemorySizeMB = 269.78125
Process.VirtualMemorySizeMB = 872.87109375
Process.WorkingSetMB = 345.93359375
Process.UpTime = 00:03:50.2627468

Answer 1

Hi Jay,

Check below similar link

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9526053/visual-studio-crashes-when-editing-an-mvc-4-beta-cshtml-file

Best Regards,

Anand

Answer 2

Hi Jay,

Does the AnandPatel's reply can help fix this issue?

If you still cannot solve this issue, I suggest you to write a new post to http://www.asp.net/ ASP.NET forum for a better support.

Thank you for your understanding!

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