Hosed Refactoring Smart Tags after LINQ May CTP Install

Question

I installed the May CTP. The refactoring Smart Tags no longer work.

For example, when a variable name is changed, the underscore glyph appears indicating that a refactoring is available. Usually, by hovering over the glyph or by pressing a shutcut key, a Smart Tag will appear. This Smart Tag no longer appears.

Further, the Refactor shortcut menu is no longer available in the body of the editor.

I uninstalled the C# 3 language service using "Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs", but the refactoring support was not reset.

How do I restore my IDE to it's previous state? Do I need to re-install VS?

By the way, I have noticed one other really odd behavior that is likely unrelated, but a bit unnerving. After the installation of the CTP is complete, Firefox opens and navigates to the VH1 homepage. I've done it a couple times and the behavior is consistent. I've scanned for viruses, trojans, kits, etc.

Answer 1

Having had problems similar to this I would say you could try reinstaling VS but be prepared for both to be hosed permanently. I've not had any luck with reinstalling VS. On abrand new machine I installed VS and then had to reinstall it. Anything SQL related was hosed. Anything XSLT related was hosed. Subsequent uninstallations and reinstallations were of no avail. Sometimes the old "format" adage still stands true even in today's modern age but I'd definitely give it a try to see if it fixes it. Just be prepared for it to not.

Answer 2

Wow.  How utterly dreary.  I hope the reformat of your machine wasn't caused by installing a LINQ preview.  Was it?

Answer 3

No. it was not. I was trying to get a certain version of SQL Server installed. (I think i had chosen not to install it in the first install and tried reinstalling it with it enabled this time. Needless to say things didn't go well :) ) Hopefully your experience will be more fullfilling

Answer 4

Scott, have you tried using the "Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs" script in the Linq\Bin folder (by default installed to C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\Bin) ?? did this not work?

 

Regards,

D

 

Answer 5

We are looking into the problem and will get back to you once we have a fix or a workaround. Thanks for reporting.

Dinesh

Answer 6

Terotech.Com Ltd wrote:

Scott, have you tried using the "Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs" script in the Linq\Bin folder (by default installed to C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\Bin) ?? did this not work?

Indeed, as I mentioned in the head post of this thread, I have run the "Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs".

Answer 7

Hi all.  For those who are experiencing this problem could you please try this work around

1. Start up RegEdit.exe

2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{A066E284-DCAB-11D2-B551-00C04F68D4DB}\SatelliteDLL

3. Edit the "Path" value and change it from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\1033\" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\"

4. Restart Visual Studio and see if these problems are fixed?

 

Thanks

 

Ting Liang

Answer 8

This doesn't fix the problem for me.  The change to the registry key has had no discernible effect on my installation of Visual Studio.

-Scott

Answer 9

Sorry to hear that.  Can you try one more step:

5. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE and run devenv /setup followed by devenv /resetuserdata followed by devenv /resetsettings CSharp.

Ting Liang

Answer 10

Yes, that fixes the problem.  Although, VS did crash during the second step.  I ignored the error and did not send an error report.  The IDE appears to be running correctly now - at least in terms of the refactoring SmartTags.

Answer 11

I tried all the steps in this thread but am not able to recover refactoring and resolve reference commands.

I tried uninstalling, repairing LINQ.
Running Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs gave me the following error: Invalid root in registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\LINQ Preview\VCSPKGDIR" Code: 80070002 Source: WshShell.RegRead

The 2nd step changing the reg key doesn't work because that reg key is non existing
calling devenv /xxx, etc. reset all my settings, etc. but refactoring is sill not restored.

and the oddest thing of all!! .. Whenever I run LINQ setup, after it finished it launches 2 Firefox windows with a bunch of odd webpages opening!?

Answer 12

I got the Uninstall C# IDE Support.vbs working by replacing all HKLM\Software\ with HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node but this still doesn't restore my refactoring items... :/

Answer 13

Can you please try fixing up the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{A066E284-DCAB-11D2-B551-00C04F68D4DB}\SatelliteDLL\Path?

If you still can't find this registry key then it is time to repair your visual studio installation from your original disk.

As for the "odd" behavior at the end of LINQ install you mentioned, the installer is designed to open up 2 web pages from the following location using the default HTML browser installed on your machine:

C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\Readme for VB.htm

C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\Readme for C#.htm

Note however the script to launch the readme was not tested with Firefox for this release and the difference between IE html handler registration and Firefox may explain the "odd" behavior you saw.

Ting

Answer 14

I did that and after that ran
devenv /setup
devenv /resetusersettings
devenv /resetsettings

but still not restored :(

Answer 15

ahhhh I was missing the CSharp after /resetsettings. Now it works. Thanks!

Answer 16

I tried steps 1-4, didn't work. Tried step 5 which reset my VS settings, still no luck!

Hope someone finds a workaround for this soon.

Answer 17

Ok, this is strage. I ran the the /resetsettings csharp command a second time, now it works. :) Thanks guys.

Answer 18

Since I unfortunately can't really test LINQ due to these Intellisense and function problems I'm curious if you have a timeline for the next CTP that will address those issues?

Thanks,

Tom

Answer 19

Smart Tags are hosed for me too on my installations of Studio  both at home and at work after installing the LINQ preview. Rename member via F2 still works, though, so I'm not too upset.

Do the fixes require uninstalling LINQ? For me this is not an option; LINQ is far too good to uninstall!

Very different from the Workflow Foundation CTP - I can't get that off my machine fast enough :)

Joe

Answer 20

The steps outlined above to fix this issue does not require uninstalling LINQ or uninstall C# language service.

Ting

Answer 21

Please try install the C# Language Service for LINQ and then try step 1-5.  Thanks.  Let us know if you don't get LINQ intellisense as well as refactoring working.

No currently there's no timeline for next LINQ-only CTP.

Ting

Answer 22

No luck here either... any more suggestions?

Answer 23

I'm having the same issue... I ran the devenv commands and then did the registry update and I'm still without my Refactor on the context menu.

Answer 24

Reposting all the steps - they need to be completed in the sequential order as follows

1. Start up RegEdit.exe

2. Open registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{A066E284-DCAB-11D2-B551-00C04F68D4DB}\SatelliteDLL]

3. Edit the "Path" value and change it from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\1033\" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\"

4. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE

5. Run Devenv.exe /Setup

6. Run Devenv.exe /ResetUserData

7. Run Devenv.exe /ResetSettings CSharp

 

Ting Liang

Answer 25

Hello Ting,

I have followed all these steps, and the problem remains. Others have also reported that the solution doesn't work for them. Can you think of another solution?

Thanks,

JP

Answer 26

The most reliable way of resolving this issue beyond using the above steps is actually running a repair of Visual Studio.  Please give that a try.

Thanks

Ting

Microsoft Visual Basic

Answer 27

I also got the same error, and i was using Windows XP Professional - 64 bit

Answer 28

Hi,

As i followed the Ting_ms instructions everything worked fine for me, but for the Windows-XP Professional 64 bit you need to change in this location

1. Open Regedit

2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{A066E284-DCAB-11D2-B551-00C04F68D4DB}\SatelliteDLL

3. Edit the "Path" value and change it from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\1033\" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\

4. Go to VS.NET 2005 Command Prompt

5. Run devenv.exe /setup /resetuserdata /resetsettings

Answer 29

 

 

   I have tried all steps... Regedit.exe changing the key, running all command line commands but nothing happens. I've created a simple Class Diagram and when I've tried to rename anything I've got the same error.

 

   Please help me!

 

   Error.    "Could not Load file or assembly Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Service.Language..."

Answer 30

I had "the Refactor shortcut menu is no longer available in the body of the editor."

I had "The refactoring Smart Tags no longer work."

I did that:

1. Started up RegEdit.exe and opened HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{A066E284-DCAB-11D2-B551-00C04F68D4DB}\SatelliteDLL

2. Edited the "Path" value and changed it from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\1033\" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VCSPackages\"

3. Went to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE and ran

devenv /setup

devenv /resetuserdata

devenv /resetsettings CSharp

4. Restarted Visual Studio

That fix my problem!

All nice work!

Thank you!