Visual Studio 2003 hangs on Vista Build 5472

Question

If I try to use the "Find in Files" feature of VS 2003, it just hangs VS and you can only kill the process.

This happens when you select search in Entire Solution or Current Project.

Note: I have launched VS to run using Administrator.

This did not happen on Vista Builds 5342 or 5308.

Is there any workaround?

Answer 1

I don't know of any workaround, unfortunately this also occurs in the RTM version of Vista.

Did you find a solution in the meantime? I've also seen some reports on this bug on Microsoft Connect, but no reaction from MS.

Answer 2

Use "Replace in Files" instead to step through matches - it's a poor substitute, but at least it works until there exists a proper patch (if ever)

Answer 3

I guess this strange issue depends on the hardware: I'm working on an AMD Athlon PC and it hangs, but on a Pentium workstation it's working fine.

Answer 4

I'm using a Centrino/Pentium M (IBM T-40 notebook), and the bug still occurs ... any other differences between the two PCs?

Answer 5

From what I understand, Visual Studio 2005 will be the only supported development platform for Vista once SP1 is released. Using VS 2003 on XP to develop for Vista is still a possibility, however.

http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive/2006/09/26/13523.aspx

Answer 6

This may help: set the "Colour scheme" to "Windows Standard".

Answer 7

Setting the Color Scheme to Windows Standard does work, but you lose the Aero look.

What works just as well is to check the 'Disable Visual Themes' checkbox on the Compatibility tab for the shortcut that launches VS.NET 2003.

(Running VS.NET 2003 SP1 on Vista RTM)

Answer 8

Thanks, A.J and Robert, you're life savers!

This hang in Find In Files was driving me crazy.  I do those finds a lot and VS2003 would become unresponsive after doing so.

Disabling the Visual Themes did the trick! Seems bizarre but it worked.

I've had no other significant problems running Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Vista.  [Of course, you do have to run it as an administrator.]

Jim

Answer 9

Fantastic... Thanks!

Answer 10

Great work-around!!!

 

Answer 11

Thank you very much!

 

I had to install XP just to use VS 2003. Now that this sorts out the find-in-files problem, it's working just fine for me now.

 

 

Answer 12

I want to say thanks too. What an excellent solution. Now I can do development on vista !

Answer 13

I can't find the "Disable Visual Themes" check box, where is it?

Answer 14

A.J. Singh wrote:

Setting the Color Scheme to Windows Standard does work, but you lose the Aero look. What works just as well is to check the 'Disable Visual Themes' checkbox on the Compatibility tab for the shortcut that launches VS.NET 2003. (Running VS.NET 2003 SP1 on Vista RTM)

long long ago, I also found this issue. I insist on using vs2003 on the vista for directx sdk already included in it. Though MS does not fix this bug, but we talent user...

Answer 15

I've been living with this issue with VS 2003 for a long time and finally got it wokring. Thanks for posting this resolution!!

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hrishi

Answer 16

Great! It worked... Thanks a lot AJ Singh...