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Visual Studio 2008 freezing when editing aspx/master pages

Asked 2009-05-07T20:59:20.830
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Visual Studio freezes up continually when I'm editing master pages or aspx files. Here's what I've tried that have not helped:

  • restarting VS
  • only working with few files open at a time
  • Disabled all addins (resharper etc.)
  • deleted .suo and .user files
  • changed default editor from Web Form Editor and Master Page Editor to HTML Editor
  • installed SP1

I don't have tons of files - 3 Master pages and maybe 30 aspx files. It is a asp.net mvc project. All I have to do to get VS to freeze is type a little text or even just paste. The freezing lasts a good 5-10 seconds. My machine has 4GB of RAM and fast disks.

Could it have anything to do with asp.net mvc? Would the amount and size of other projects in the solution affect the editor?

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rename worked for me i.e. changed setup.exe to setiup.exe.old

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\ OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Setup.exe

wish i'd found this article first - it has taken me many man hours

thx -j

answered 2009-09-19T10:20:30.580
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Uninstalling 'Visual Studio Web Authoring tool' solved this problem.

answered 2011-11-14T14:01:59.007

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