WHAT THE *...!!! Visual Studio 2010 Macros Not Working after ******* Windows Update

Question

I installed windows updates on two my pc (last night at home and office) and ...
visual studio macros will not working. what the...i used visual studio 2010 service pack1.

my windows updates list.

* feb-2-2014
KB2817369
KB2901112
KB2919469
KB2916036
KB2898869
KB2898857
KB2843630
KB2901126
KB2775360
KB2862973
KB2909210
KB2817396
KB2909921
KB2912390
KB2911501
KB2760601
KB2687567
KB2837595
KB2837583
KB915597

Answer 1

* problem fix
KB2898869, KB2901126 uninstall...

what the...

Answer 2

Hi,

It seems that they are used for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1.

Reference:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2898869/en-us

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2901126/en-us

Best Regards,

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Answer 3

Thanks for posting a fix for this.  That's really helpful.

Answer 4

Hi folks,

Just a quick update on this thread. The Visual Studio and CLR teams are currently investigating this problem. I'll post back on this thread as soon as we have additional info.

Sincerely,

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Ed Dore

Answer 5

Hello all,

I got this info from MS: add the configuration setting

<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <AllowDComReflection enabled="true"/>

to the config files vsmsvr10.exe.config, vsaenv10.exe.config, devenv.exe.config. This should fix the problem without deinstalling the hotfix.

Jens

Answer 6

What about VS2008? We still need to develop for real things out there like rugged controllers with Windows Mobile...

Answer 7

What about VS2008? We still need to develop for real things out there like rugged controllers with Windows Mobile...

AllowDComReflection works for Visual Studio 2008 too, but the files to modify are different: vsmsvr.exe.config, vsaenv.exe.config, devenv.exe.config. See the following page for more details:

Visual Studio 2010 Macros Stop Working after February 2014 Windows Update

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Sergey Vlasov | Vlasov Studio | Visual Studio add-ins, extensions and tools

Answer 8

Hello all,

I got this info from MS: add the configuration setting

<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <AllowDComReflection enabled="true"/>

to the config files vsmsvr10.exe.config, vsaenv10.exe.config, devenv.exe.config. This should fix the problem without deinstalling the hotfix.

Jens

Jens solution worked for me.

You can see this post for more details on how to apply it.

Thanks Jens!

Answer 9

The Visual Studio and CLR Teams have completed they're security review and updated the following KB article with details on how to bypass the block on marshalling reflection types for the binaries responsible for running macros from the Visual Studio IDE.

Marshaling
of reflection types may not work over DCOM after you install a security update
from security bulletin MS14-009

Please refer to the detail in the "Workaround" section of the above KB article.

Sincerely,

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Ed Dore

Answer 10

Please see http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42541 for the official KB

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Carl Brochu, Visual Studio

Answer 11

For VS 2008, I have added this configuration to these files and it worked thanks.

<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <AllowDComReflection enabled="true"/>

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSA\9.0\VsaEnv\vsaenv.exe.config""C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSA\9.0\VsaEnv\vsmsvr.exe.config"