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An update is available that improves the stability of Visual Studio 2012

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Introduction

This article describes an update that improves the stability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. This update also resolves a compatibility issue that may occur when the Microsoft .NET Framework is updated. When this issue occurs, Visual Studio 2012 may not load projects and may crash.

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Update information

How to obtain this update

Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update

(http://www.update.microsoft.com)

Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

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Download the update package now.

(http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36020)

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/ )

How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Visual Studio 2012 installed.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you install the hotfix. However, you must close all instances of Visual Studio 2012 before you install the hotfix.

File information

The global version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.