Ends up in exception after a couple of questions. If switched to an Anthtopic model and typed "continue", agent completes the same task without problems.

So far there has not been a single task assigned to a gpt-5.6 model that it managed to complete without crash. In case a Visual Studio employee reads this: 5 minutes of manual testing are enough to reproduce this, really. I know you are only doing Vibe-coding nowadays, but please do some tests by a human before publishing.

1. Why is there no flair for Studio 2026?
2. Is "rename" in C++ just broken, it fails to rename all 3, yes THREE usages of a local declared in a function that is literally 10 lines long. std::string const headings() { std::string buff; std::string seperator = ""; for (std::string head : _writer._schema.headings()) { buff.append(seperator); buff.append(head); seperator = ","; } return buff; } It's unable to rename 'seperator' in this code, how! I spelled it wrong don't make my IDE punish me too.

I have seen videos of people's terminals without the included file directory and ending directory. How do you achieve this?

I created this when I was suffering from RSI. It's called Neverclick.

It's free to download and use: https://www.neverclick.com/

Repo is up for issues & feature requests: https://github.com/LazoVelko/neverclick

Hello,

I’ve tried quite a bit of googling but haven’t seen this before.

When I open visual studio the first time, it opens a massive solution instantly.

However if I close it, for example to pull in changes to my local branch and then reopen it will take anywhere from 10 minutes to seemingly never.

Not expecting much help but if anyones got ideas im all ears.

My work laptop/ windows 11 has been nothing but headaches unfortunately so probably related.

Considering that with rise of AI it's way easier to migrate the application, why Microsoft still didn't decide to migrate.

When I select a word and press ctrl + c, it copies the entire line. I only want to copy the selected word. Is there another shortcut for this? I've checked the settings and searched online but couldn't find anything.

Hey, I just want to let you know a way to publish websites to SFTP from Visual Studio.

Hey,
I was wondering if there was any VSC extension that hid (or grayed) the terminal text to make the run Python for simple projects look cleaner? I saw this one video of a guy with his terminal text grayed out and his output text green and was wondering if that was an extension. I know the output area does this well with Code Runner, but I want something where I can also type things with inputs and whatnot (without the stupid terminal text blocking my stuff).

Any tips or tricks to combat this?

Flutter document app. PDF is solved (pdfrx). Stuck on Office formats (doc/docx/xls/xlsx/ppt/pptx).

Ruled out:

- TBS-based packages (flutter_file_preview etc) → not Play Store safe

- LibreOfficeKit NDK → too big (~100MB+)

- Paid SDKs (Apryse/PSPDFKit/Aspose) → cost + payment access issues

- RadaeePDF → DOCX only

- Server conversion → breaks offline-first

Need: free + offline + in-app + Play-safe. Bonus: good Arabic/RTL.

Does this exist on Android in 2026, or should I give up and use hand-off / a server? iOS already solved via WKWebView. Thanks.

The latest VS2026 version introduced this:

A way more confusing quick fix tool window. Guess what the predefined "fix" action is now? Yes, another stupid AI feature nobody asked for.

It takes forever to handle even the simplest tasks (like the example in the image), and it requires internet connection. The first time you use it, you click it like two or three times because literally nothing happens. Then you understand it's "AI stuff" doing its "stuff", and after about a minute you get the output:

Note the dumbest comment possible which is also being added.

The non-AI options are now in the "other fixes" menu:

And the output is:

And this is almost instant, producing a even better result.

It's even curious they used two different strategies to provide the method implementation: the AI-tool simply returns a completed Task, while the "good old" tool suggest to throw a NotImplementedException (which is the more cautious and safer approach in my opinion).

Luckily, you can get rid of this by uninstalling Copilot using your VS Installer (select modify > single components > Copilot > uninstall).

This also makes the UI cleaner, removing the weird duplicated "fix" and "other fixes" options:

Or, if for some (good?) reason you don't want to uninstall Copilot, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + . to access the "old good" quick fix tool.

Visual Studio 2026 brings a great number of performance and UI improvements compared to VS2022. Unfortunately, Microsoft is killing much of my enthusiasm with this kind of unrequested, workflow-breaking changes, pushing AI into every corner of the IDE.

It’s such a strange feeling to be a .NET developer these days: you have an amazing language and runtime, powerful tools, and a rich ecosystem, but you have to deal with this kind of really annoying things.

Is it just me or is Visual Studio 2026 trying to update what feels like every single day? Maybe it's every few days, but nearly every time I go to close, it's pending new updates and has to go through a new 30 minutes full reinstall cycle for the "next patch"? Why is it not just on a single monthly patch cycle or something? I'm trying to understand why since updating to 2026 it feels like they are furiously sending updates out as often as they can. Really annoying, considering I don't think I even use any of the 'new features' -- all the AI auto complete is really poorly done and makes developing harder (seriously, what was that auto-complete by pressing tab for entire classes holy).

Anyway minor vent, but also really want to know if this is me going crazy or if it's just because I updated to 2026 and there was some auto update policy I forgot about in 2022 that I had set back then and forgot about.

Edit to add: I am on Stable / 18.8 so I don't think I should be getting super frequent updates. It's my understanding that if I wanted that I'd be on preview I think?

Claude Code never had Visual Studio support (VS Code and JetBrains only), so I built it: a native VSIX that implements the same IDE integration protocol.

Basic but the most convenient feature:

- Claude's edits open in the real VS diff viewer with Accept / Reject / Reject with feedback.

The two I am most proud of:

- Data breakpoints. "Break the moment this field changes", including conditions like "only when the total goes negative". Visual Studio has no automation API for this at all, so I had to write a debug-engine component to arm them.

- Flaky tests. It loops a test under the debugger until the failing run happens, then stops inside that run with the exact state that caused it. Way better than re-running and getting a different red line each time.

It also queries Roslyn instead of grepping (find references, call hierarchies, even decompiling a method inside a referenced DLL), and runs tests through VS's own Test Explorer with real per-test results.

Repo and docs: https://github.com/firish/claude_code_vs

Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=firish.bridgev1 (1000+ install)

Would love feedback!

I'm working with a classmate on a latex project instead of using the overleaf interface we are now editing the document in visual studio so whenever i send him the liveshare link he joins the session without any issue.  I can split the screen and refresh to see the main pdf, but when he tries the same, nothing appears. Has anyone else encountered this, or does anyone know how we can both view the pdf, similar to google docs?

I've been thinking about trying Claude Code to help me write code, but most of the examples I've seen use VS Code with Claude Code.

I'd like to try using Visual Studio with the Claude Code CLI instead. Has anyone here tried using Visual Studio 2026 with the Claude Code CLI? Would you recommend this setup?

Not sure whether I’m overlooking something use case is not valid or its just not possible right now

So we have developers with Claude Teams subscription, not API key but individual teams subscription

They mostly use Claude extension within vs code

I’m able to get omnigent setup on railway as server but omnigent on windows I need WSL to make it pickup claude on terminal, however most developers would just continue using vs code in usual fashion skipping wsl part as its just extra steps and also within wsl also I’m not sure with omnigent pickup sessions originating in vs code claude extension

Is there any seamless way of integrating omnigent in this setup

Hi guys. I cant install visual studio 2022, 2026 ide to my notebook. I tried to install 2022 (community, enterprise versions), 2026 (community, professional, enterprise) but in both year editions i get same error.

P.s. install ends without errors, and finishes without error. But in the end after finish it just writes as a warning : "Setup completed with warnings" : as u can see in screenshot.

i have asus vivobook, lenovo thinkpad. I cant install vs to my notebooks. After fresh format (using official iso) of notebook, im trying to install and getting very similar errors.

Log:

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Running as 'DESKTOP-MEU5E6C\QQ'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Process path: D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\vsfinalizer.exe

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Original command line:

D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\vsfinalizer.exe -ResponseFilePath D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\Packages_Instances\d4465c82\ResponseFiles\3n0kih0k.txt

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Parsed command line:

-Operation Install -SKU Enterprise -InstallationID d4465c82 -InstallationName VisualStudio/18.7.3+11925.98 -InstallationVersion 18.7.11925.98 -InstallationWorkloads Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop -InstallationPackages Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor,Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.SDK,Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.2.TargetingPack,Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.DevelopmentPrerequisites,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TypeScript.TSServer,Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WebToolsExtensions,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.JavaScript.TypeScript,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.JavaScript.Diagnostics,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.Compiler,Microsoft.Component.MSBuild,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.LanguageServices,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TextTemplating,Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.RazorExtension,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IISExpress,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.NuGet,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.MSODBC.SQL,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.LocalDB.Runtime,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.CLR,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.MSSQL.CMDLnUtils,Microsoft.Component.ClickOnce,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DiagnosticTools,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Core,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.SSDT,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.DataSources,Component.Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager,Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web,Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.10.0,Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp,Microsoft.ComponentGroup.ClickOnce.Publish,Microsoft.NetCore.Component.DevelopmentTools,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp.WebTemplates,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DockerTools,Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Web,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WebDeploy,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AppInsights.Tools,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Web,Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.TargetingPack,Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.4.8.DeveloperTools,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AspNet45,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AspNet,Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.AzureFunctions,Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.AzureFunctions,Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web.CloudTools,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliTrace.FrontEnd,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WslDebugging,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliCode,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Debugger.JustInTime,Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Prerequisites -AlphaPacksCount 0 -ComponentId Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise -ProductKey -ChannelsPath https://aka.ms/vs/18/stable/channel -ChannelId VisualStudio.18.Release -ChannelManifestId VisualStudio.18.Release/18.7.3+11925.98 -SetupEngineFilePath C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe -Log C:\Users\QQ\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_setup_20260710062122_522_Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise.log -Nickname -DisplayVersion 18.7.3 -SemanticVersion 18.7.3+11925.98 -ChannelTitle Stable -ChannelSuffix -CampaignId 2500:1bb25163fb264b7fa5cbea47fc465ca0 -ProductArch x64 -SetupResult 1 -GroupConfigs devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv -UsingGroupConfigs devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template -FeatureReleaseMonth 6 -FeatureReleaseYear 2026 -MigrateFrom

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ---------- Start running tasks ----------

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Begin execution: StandardUserTaskDecorator -> CleanAppDataDirectoryFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Currently not running as system, so skipping running as the logged in user.

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Running the finalizer task StandardUserTaskDecorator -> CleanAppDataDirectoryFinalizerTask in process.

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Begin execution: CleanAppDataDirectoryFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: AppData Path cannot be found: C:\Users\QQ\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\18.0_d4465c82

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: AppData Path cannot be found: C:\Users\QQ\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\18.0Exp_d4465c82

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: AppData Path cannot be found: C:\Users\QQ\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\18.0_d4465c82

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: AppData Path cannot be found: C:\Users\QQ\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\18.0Exp_d4465c82

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Did not find vs1esdbg.exe, skipping.

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Completed execution: CleanAppDataDirectoryFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Result: Success

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Completed execution: StandardUserTaskDecorator -> CleanAppDataDirectoryFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Result: Success

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Begin execution: RefreshWindowsSxsCacheFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Skip updating last write time: file 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\blend.exe' does not exist

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Updated 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\devenv.exe' last write time to '7/10/2026 6:32:20 AM'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Skip updating last write time: file 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\VsGa.exe' does not exist

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Skip updating last write time: file 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\vs1esdbg.exe' does not exist

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Skip updating last write time: file 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\common7\ide\SSMS.exe' does not exist

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Completed execution: RefreshWindowsSxsCacheFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Result: Success

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Begin execution: RecordInstallTimeFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Set new InstallationDateTime.

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Set new GlobalMachineId

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Completed execution: RecordInstallTimeFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Result: Success

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Begin execution: UpdateExeConfigFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: UpdateExeConfigFinalizerTask starting. UsingGroupConfigs='devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template', GroupConfigs='devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Parsing group configs list (1): 'devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ParseGroupConfigArguments: group='devenv', path='D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Loading group config CSV for group 'devenv' at 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Opened group config 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Headers (7) for 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv': name,publickeytoken,culture,oldVersion,newVersion,version,href

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.VisualStudio.RemoteControl\14.0.0.0\16.3.52\netfx\Microsoft.VisualStudio.RemoteControl.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.RemoteControl\14.0.0.0\16.3.52\netfx\Microsoft.VisualStudio.RemoteControl.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.Internal\14.0.0.0\16.3.90\netfx\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.Internal.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.Internal\14.0.0.0\16.3.90\netfx\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.Internal.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Buffers\4.0.5.0\4.6.1\netfx\System.Buffers.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Buffers\4.0.5.0\4.6.1\netfx\System.Buffers.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Collections.Immutable\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Collections.Immutable.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Collections.Immutable\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Collections.Immutable.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt\8.15.0.0\8.15.0\netfx\System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Memory\4.0.5.0\4.6.3\netfx\System.Memory.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Memory\4.0.5.0\4.6.3\netfx\System.Memory.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Numerics.Vectors\4.1.6.0\4.6.1\netfx\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Numerics.Vectors\4.1.6.0\4.6.1\netfx\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Reflection.Metadata\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Reflection.Metadata\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe\6.0.3.0\6.1.2\netfx\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe\6.0.3.0\6.1.2\netfx\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Threading.Channels\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Threading.Channels.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Threading.Channels\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Threading.Channels.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions\4.2.4.0\4.6.3\netfx\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions\4.2.4.0\4.6.3\netfx\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider\8.0.0.1\8.0.1\netfx\Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider\8.0.0.1\8.0.1\netfx\Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\MS.Ext.DependencyInjection.Abstracti_ba3a2a\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\MS.Ext.DependencyInjection.Abstracti_ba3a2a\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.IO.Pipelines\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.IO.Pipelines.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.IO.Pipelines\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.IO.Pipelines.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Text.Encodings.Web\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Text.Encodings.Web\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\System.Text.Json\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Text.Json.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\System.Text.Json\10.0.0.4\10.0.4\netfx\System.Text.Json.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Resolved Href '..\Newtonsoft.Json\13.0.4.0\13.0.4\netfx\Newtonsoft.Json.dll' relative to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv' to 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Newtonsoft.Json\13.0.4.0\13.0.4\netfx\Newtonsoft.Json.dll'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Loaded 26 assemblies from 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\SharedAssemblies\Configs\devenv.csv'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Parsing using group configs list (4): 'devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template;devenv,D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ParseUsingGroupConfigArguments: group='devenv', path='D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ParseUsingGroupConfigArguments: group='devenv', path='D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ParseUsingGroupConfigArguments: group='devenv', path='D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: ParseUsingGroupConfigArguments: group='devenv', path='D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Configs to update (4): (devenv, D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template);(devenv, D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template);(devenv, D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template);(devenv, D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template)

[2026-07-10T06:32:20] INFO: Processing config for group 'devenv' from 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Adding 26 dependentAssembly entries to config 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Processing config for group 'devenv' from 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Adding 26 dependentAssembly entries to config 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Processing config for group 'devenv' from 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Adding 26 dependentAssembly entries to config 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Processing config for group 'devenv' from 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Adding 26 dependentAssembly entries to config 'D:\# Apps\Visual Studio\# IDE\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe\ConnectionManager.exe.config.template'

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Completed execution: UpdateExeConfigFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Result: Success

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: Begin execution: RecordLicensingHashFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] ERROR: Failed execution: RecordLicensingHashFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] ERROR: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Text.Json, Version=10.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

File name: 'System.Text.Json, Version=10.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsFinalizer.RecordLicensingHashFinalizerTask.DoRun()

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsSetup.BaseFinalizerTask.Run()

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.

To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.

Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.

To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] ERROR: Task failed: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsFinalizer.RecordLicensingHashFinalizerTask

[2026-07-10T06:32:21] INFO: ---------- End running tasks ----------

Here im trying to install enterprise version. Same error for community and professional versions:

Couldn't process Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community (when installing vs community)

Couldn't process Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Professional (when installing vs professional)

Couldn't process Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise (when installing vs enterprise)

I tried to access a script in my 2D game the other day using Visual Studios 2026, but every time a small window pops up asking for my personal account because apparently my evaluation license has expired, and I can't close it without also closing Visual Studios. And I don't know what that means. Can anyone help me?

Currently on 18.6.3. Been working on a fairly new project. MVC solution, 3 projects.

The IDE just loses its mind and has a stroke, often. Keyword highlighting stops working and characters are white. F12 to jump to definition stops working, or it takes minutes to randomly work. Copilot chat spins and spins. I've even had an instance where errors were in the error list, only for me to fix, and get a successful re-compile. But the red underline is still there and the error remained in the list.

It's like the ancillary jobs/workers in VS that make all the features work get hung up or trip over itself. Sometimes restarting it resolves it, sometimes not. Anyone experience this?

Hi

I have an old MFC project that I started back in 1999. Since then I migrated my Visual Studio Projects / Solutions with most of the Visual Studio updates. The last update I did was to Visual Studio 2022

I now wanted to move to VSCode. I have installed the C# Dev Kit Extension as I found this as a prerequisit. Then I ran into issues that some Env-Variables were not set to the proper MSBuild directory. Now I am facing the next challenge that it cant find some of the MFC libraries

Long story short: Does anyone know what it takes to make VSCode compile an old MFC project that I have convereted over the years to Visual Studio 2022?

Thanks

What would cause Visual Studio 2022 to not read/apply "ConfiguredBringYourOwnModel_v1.json"?

On my machine with both Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio 2026, I've configured Visual Studio 2026's GitHub Copilot to use Ollama and my custom models show up in both versions of Visual Studio.

However, a co-worker only has Visual Studio 2022 installed and even though they manually copy the same json file to "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Copilot\BringYourOwnModel\ConfiguredBringYourOwnModel_v1.json", the custom models are not available for selection.

What is the missing piece to activate BYOM with an Ollama Provider in Visual Studio 2022?

We are using the latest versions of Visual Studio 2022 and using a GitHub account not tied to an Enterprise organization.

[
  {
    "Name": "Ollama",
    "IsApiKeyAvailable": true,
    "Models": [
      {
        "ProviderName": "Ollama",
        "IsCustom": false,
        "IsSelected": true,
        "CustomURL": "http://localhost:11434",
        "Id": "My Custom Model",
        "DisplayName": "My Custom Model",
        "IsToolCallingEnabled": true,
        "IsVisionEnabled": true,
        "MaxInputTokens": 1000000,
        "MaxOutputTokens": 8192
      }
    ],
    "Endpoint": 10
  }
]

Thank you.