Problem:
I installed the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on my system. After that I couldn’t create any project in Visual Studio 2008 IDE.
I’m getting the following Error:
“Object reference not set to an instance of an object”
I checked many sites, it suggests me to re-install or repair visual studio 2008.
But it doesn’t help me.
Accidentally it was discovered that this is a per-user problem. After some research I came to know that some of Visual Studio components have had some problems previously so they were skipped from loading.
Solution:
1. First find out the location of the file devenv.exe, in your system.
2. open Command prompt, set the default location to location of the file devenv.exe
3. Type devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs
4. Run it, after completed it will open VS IDE.
(Or)
1. Open “Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt” from Visual Studio Tools thru Start menu.
2. Type devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs
It worked well and saved me lot. Hope It may help you too!
Thanks a lot a lot and a lot ... I solved my problem with your help.
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