Visual Studio 2015 crashes

Question

Visual studio that won't be repaired...
Everytime I want to compile an app on vs 2015 - it crashes. Even if I want to compile the main function or write somthing to it, there appears a window, which says

Visual Studio 2015 has stopped working

It goes same on 2013 Express version. I have a clue why it won't work: when I open Team Explorer, an error appears:

Page '3185ed96-1cbd-4381-a439-636973542e50' not found.

I tried everything I have found in the internet and trust me - nothing worked. I also tried some command prompt commands:

devenv.exe/ debug  
devenv.exe/ resetsettings  
devenv.exe/ instalvstemplates  
devenv.exe/ resetskippings  
devenv.exe/ resetuserdata  
devenv.exe/ setup  
devenv.exe/ safemode  

Debug mode gave me some info about the error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: The service 'Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.SVsUIThreadInvokerPrivate' must be installed for this feature to work. Ensure that this service is available. HRESULT = 0x80004002

An exception was encountered while constructing the content of this frame. This information is also logged in "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.xml".

Exception details:
System.ArgumentException: Parametr is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, UInt32 flags)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.FindToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, Boolean create, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Guid& toolWindowType, Int32 id)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsToolWindowFactory.CreateToolWindow(Guid& toolWindowType, UInt32 id)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.ConstructContent()

But still nothing I was able to find has worked.

I reinstalled VS and repaired it - still nothing. Then I have downloaded some .dlls, microsoft visual c++ redistributable packages and used Ccleaner to clean registry. I think it's a very strange error; if you could advise me on a fix please?

Answer 1

Uncheck [Tools->Options->Environment->Automatically adjust visual experience based on client performance]

Uncheck [Use hardware graphics acceleration if available]

You can leave [Enable rich client visual experience] checked

I was having a lot of problems anywhere from random crashes, to crashing my Intel Graphics display driver, I turned it off and I have had no problems, it actually runs better. Maybe it will work for you

Answer 2

I was facing the same issue for team explorer. First of all close all instances of visual studio and then try:

devenv /resetuserdata

Run above command at the command prompt; typically something similar to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE"

Answer 3

Possible fix for these type errors:

try to update device driver (Intel HD Graphics) or Run with graphic driver if u got switch based or vice versa.

main executable is located

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe

Also if you are getting these type error on installation exe you can fix it the same way