Applies ToVisual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Premium 2012 Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone Visual Studio Test Professional 2012

This issue also applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Feedback Client 2012.

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.

Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:DownloadDownload the update package now. 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 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

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.

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Microsoft.visualstudio.extensibilityhosting.dll

11.0.50727.608

208,480

21-Nov-2012

15:45

x86

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