Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 doesn't open cshtm

Question

I installed the new VS2013 Update 2. As soon as I open a .cshtml file VS crashes.

I tried:

• repair VS
• deactivated all extesions
• devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs
• resetted all settings

without success

Answer 1

What worked for me:

1. Delete the suo file
2. Re-opened VS from the sln file

Ciao

Answer 2

I resolved the problem by renaming the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ ComponentModelCache folder to ComponentModelCacheOLD. First I had to quit VS2012, rename the folder, and then restart VS 2012. All problems went away.

Answer 3

For me this issue was caused by a config problem in Views/Web.config. The following change fixed the issue:

<system.web.webPages.razor>
- <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicFixedGuidToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
+ <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />

Answer 4

For me, resolve the issue by running visual studio as a administrator.

Answer 5

This happened to me too when installing Razor Generator. I had a second copy of Visual Studio open when I installed Razor Generator.

I closed out of all instances of Visual Studio and reopened, and that fixed it.

Answer 6

What worked for me:

1. Disable razor generator extension.
2. Restart VS.
3. Open file.
4. Re-enable razor generator extension.