Downgrading to VS2010 from vs2015 and error solving.

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the final solution! (reinstalling windows and backing up personal stuff)
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I Uninstalled [Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise] some days ago, because it slowed down my entire OS !!! I was having incredible lag and freeze in windows routine.

I uninstalled all c++ redistributable, all frameworks, all SQL server,all microsoft related. The windows start coming to life after this stage. I reinstalled back the needed stuff that was critical for most used software.

I had a brief intention to install VS2015 Community edition, but I get an error from that and I abandoned very quickly the idea.
So, I installed back my trusty VS 2010 but after install, it throw error "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation".
My Best guess, it is because of the higher version of visual that I had. Something from that, remained and is conflicting now with this older version I have now.

I wrote to microsoft forums about this problem and they suggest to install VS2010 Update 1. Now is installed, but the problem is the same.

I read this page and I understood what to do. My problem is [how] to do it.
Visual Studio 2012 and 2010 both fail with "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"[^]

Only if you have time and you feel you can help me...[!!!]... try to read this page and figure out the solution they are talking about.
It is not a easy reading!
Their solution is: Reediting the "Path" variable which is limited to 2048 characters. Making that variable smaller than 2048 char, is the solution.
I sincerely don't know [how] to implement their solution. If you think you get their way, do throw an exception here too. :)
As always, Thank You for all your dedication.

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this topic is Closed!
the final solution! (reinstalling windows and backing up personal stuff)
Thank you all for your support!
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this topic is Closed!
the final solution! (reinstalling windows and backing up personal stuff)
Thank you all for your support!
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Posted 24-Jun-16 9:25am

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Updated 24-Jun-16 18:09pm

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Dave Kreskowiak 24-Jun-16 15:32pm

This may sound harsh, but the thing you could do is to blow away the machine and reinstall Windows.

The problem you rdescribed with VS2012 slowing EVERYTHING down just should never happen. Your machine has other problems besides just rolling back Visual Studio.

_Q12_ 24-Jun-16 15:37pm

I am completely aware! Is not harsh at all. I have an image even. But I have large quantity of information on c:/ that can not be moved to d:/ since that is full too. :) So, I must do something. I will reinstall all in the end but is the "final solution". Thanks.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jun-16 18:59pm

These days, you cannot feel safe (and should not), if you have no possibility to quickly backup all your asserts to an empty hard drive. It's the best to have some SATA drive dock (USB3, eSATA, USB2...). Practically, having good amount of data, it should be a hard drive. You can do it using your current system (it should better be virus-free), or some other computer, than you have to unmount a hard drive from your existing computer. It's also good to have everything is source code.
—SA

_Q12_ 25-Jun-16 0:06am

Yes, my friend(s)... the final solution (reinstalling windows and backing up personal stuff) is closer than I was thinking.... In my windows defense, it lived his life (crying) for some good years - i dont recall exactly but probably from when it appeared on the market(July 22,2009).
Sergey, your advice using an external hdd to backup my stuff was inspirational.
Thank you all.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jun-16 3:41am

You are very welcome. :-)
—SA

Dave Kreskowiak 24-Jun-16 15:35pm

And....WHAT solution?? That's a huge string of posts and I'm not about to waste 20 minutes of my time trying to find it.

_Q12_ 24-Jun-16 15:38pm

like I said - only if you feel you can help - I am very aware of the task, is not easy at all. :) You don't need to do it if you don't want to.

Dave Kreskowiak 24-Jun-16 15:41pm

There could be multiple solutions in that thread and we don't know which one you're talking about!

_Q12_ 24-Jun-16 15:51pm

Their solution is: Reediting the "Path" variable which is limited to 2048 characters. Making that variable smaller than 2048 char, is the solution .... this is the most argued answer.

Dave Kreskowiak 24-Jun-16 16:04pm

OK, so what's the problem? Editing the PATH variable is easy.

Right-click "My Computer" or "This PC" and click Properties. In the window that shows up, click "Advanced system settings". Click the button labeled "Environment variables".

In the window that shows up, there will be System variables in the bottom half. Find "Path" in the list and double-click it. I suggest copying and pasting the content into Notepad to edit it. The character count has to be less than 2048 characters. Edit the path as appropriate and then copy and paste the content back into the editor for the Path variable.

_Q12_ 24-Jun-16 23:54pm

it seems I am in a hole of bad luck.
I cannot access the "Advanced system settings" after opening system properties,because I get the error saying "Windows cannot find '%windir%\system32\systempropertiesadvanced.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
Thank you Dave. You were a great help. Your solution made me come to a quicker decision!
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I am seriously thinking on reinstalling everything as others suggested. (and backing up my stuff on some external hdd).

phil.o 25-Jun-16 6:09am

IMHO, that's the only meaningful action to take.
I'm using VS 2015 on three distinct computers, and none of them present the symptoms you are describing.

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