Document Explorer Crashes on Search

Document Explorer Crashes on Search

• The Triggerman

  Clean install of Win XP with SP2.  VS 2005 final download.  System is very clean; VS 8 and SQL server 2005 developer edition are the only applications installed.
  
  Document explorer crashes in two cases so far, one is performing any search and the other is applying any filter.  No matter how it is started.
  
  Here is an event log.
  
  Faulting application dexplore.exe, version 8.0.50727.42, stamp 4333d0b3, faulting module msitss55.dll, version 5.50.50727.42, stamp 4333e958, debug 0, fault address 0x00001525.

  
  

• Keith Walton

  Hello,
  
  To make sure I understand, are these the scenarios where you get a crash:
  1) Type search term and click "Search".  Crash immediately.  Does it happen every time
  2) Apply a filter to Index & Contents - does this crash
  
  Did you have pre-release versions of Visual Studio on the machine, such as Beta 2
  
  Thanks,
  Jeremy
  
  

• judir

  mgbee110:
  I've forwarded your question to the SQL folks. Hopefully we'll have an answer for you later today.
  
  Michael Blome
  Visual C# Documentation Manager
  

• Tirumala

  I am sorry that you are hitting this crash. Did you upload the Watson report for it If you did, can you share the Watson bucket information for it It should be the next "information entry" in the event log (after the "error entry" for the crash). The Watson bucket information will allow us to get a crash dump for it and it will help us in finding the cause of the crash.
  
  
  --
  Regards,
  Saurabh
  
  VS Core Dev Team.
  
  
  

• Lynn33

  Ok I've come up with a workaround for my problem - after using the debugger I found out the exception error message is:

  System.ArgumentException was unhandled

  Message: Given combination of Class, Part, and State is not defined by the current visual style.
  

  So it's caused by the theme I was running. Change the theme to WinXP and there's no more problem.
  

  Interesting though that I was using WindowBlinds 4 and not a patched uitheme.dll.
   
  The theme obviously needs updating but the Document Explorer should handle that situation all the same.
  

  
  

• Porko

  I've the same problem. I'm using WinXP Style Themes.
  
  Its just switching the Filter!
  This is happening meantime on 4 computers. All completely different setups.
  
  Anybody has an idea
  
  eegee
  
  

• Andres C. Joaquin

  I had a completely clean install on the machine, reformatted drive and installed Windows XP sp2.
  1. Yes, each time it occurs, if you look at the search page it has retrieved MSDN and codezone results it appears only to be a problem with local, < xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /> < xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
  2. Yes, this also crashes.
  
  This machine has had no prelease of anything it is a clean install.

  
  

• srinivas vasireddy

  Thanks that didn't work either
  

• rebus

  Same problem here, whenever i press search it crashes.. setting windows theme to winxp doesnt work. VERY frustrating. was so hyped about the new version :(
  

• Dudday

  I also am getting a crash whenever I try to use the search feature. Help->Search from VS2005, Search toolbar button in the document explorer and the search menu function in the document explorer all crash.
  
  I installed Visual Web Developer 2005 Express edition but uninstalled it prior to installing VS2005. My machine has not had any beta versions or CTP's installed.
  
  Selecting a filter in the index or contents tabs works fine.
  
  I also have VS2003 installed and my OS is WinXP Home with SP2.
  
  My MSDN is set to use local files only.
  
  Any help appreciated.
  
  

• venkyweb

  Hi Magbee110,
  
  Is the crash happening in VS 2003 Or do you also have VS 2005 installed and the crash in happening in VS 2005
  
  --
  Regards,
  Saurabh
  
  VS Core Dev Team.

  
  
  

• JamesHeiser

  Shane, thanks but it didn't work for me 
  

• cbaldo1

  No,

  It only occurs in VS 2005. VS 2003 help displays the 2005 help which I can search and it does not crash, this has been my workaround,

  
  

• Steve Cook

  Hiya - What happens if you turn off the online help and just use local help   I'm wonder if there's something an online page that is causing a crash and preventing local help from finishing

  I've got a 16-month old instance of XP/SP2 with both VS 2005 and 2003 installed at the same time... although I don't have SQL Server installed.  Both VS's always co-existed fine, from Beta 1 to Beta 2 to release.

  
  
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