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.NET Forum / Visual Studio.NET / General / July 2008Can I trace VS2005 startup?
I have a problem with VS 2005. After a spyware scan or a virus scan (or any disk intensive activity), if I start VS 2005, I get the splash screen and then PC reboots. It's a bit irritating. On reboot, Windows reports a blue screen error and blames a "device error". Strange thing is, this ONLY happens when starting VS 2005, so I'm unconvinced about the cause. To be fair, the error reporting used to blame my anti-virus program, so I replaced it with a different one. It now blames the device error. What I was wondering was, is it possible to trace the start up of VS 2005 so I can see what it was doing before it crashed? If I can get a few traces together, maybe I can spot something going on when the PC reboots and maybe I can do something to fix the problem. Thanks Steve Execute it with /log parameter. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241272.aspx > I have a problem with VS 2005. After a spyware scan or a virus scan (or > any [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks > Steve Maybe you have a device error. Did you look in the event log to see if your disk has been reporting errors? Visual Studio is purely user-mode code. It is completely impossible for it to cause a BSOD. On the other hand, some piece of kernel code could be watching what VS is doing and in the process, could be crashing your system. Without naming the name of the a company that has been very helpful in resolving my BSOD issue, I have to say that I know of one case of a popular piece of kernel-mode software that is being notified when each DLL is being loaded on the system. Sometimes, when it does this, it screws up and the system crashes. The problem appears related to Visual Studio simply because Visual Studio is composed of a large number of DLL files.  SignatureJohn Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer > I have a problem with VS 2005. After a spyware scan or a virus scan (or > any disk intensive activity), if I start VS 2005, I get the splash screen [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks > Steve I've checked out the hard disk as best I can and it appears to be fine - it passed the tests I've run. If it were failing, I would have expected crashes when I started other apps or when I did my spyware/virus scans since they're rather disk intensive. Fact is, only VS reboots the system. Until recently, I also had VS 2003 installed and that didn't have a problem. I would have thought it was as likely to crash as VS 2003. I was wondering whether one of the scans is corrupting a file or leaving it open or in a strange state and VS isn't handling it properly, which is why I wanted to see if a trace would highlight something. I'm quite prepared to accept that VS is suffering the consequences of another apps actions, but I need a way to track down what that 'other app' might be. I'll try the log parameter as suggested by Igor. Thanks Steve > Maybe you have a device error. Did you look in the event log to see if > your disk has been reporting errors? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Thanks >> Steve Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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