Release Management Client crashes and logs MissingSatelliteAssemblyException

This article helps you resolve a problem where Release Management Client for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 crashes with a MissingSatelliteAssemblyException exception.

Original product version:   Visual Studio 2013
Original KB number:   2907779

Symptoms

Release Management Client for Visual Studio 2013 crashes. When this problem occurs, an error event that resembles the following is logged in Event Viewer on the computer that's running Release Management Client:

Application: ReleaseManagementConsole.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Resources.MissingSatelliteAssemblyException

Resolution

To resolve this problem, download and install the Visual Studio 2013 Shell (Isolated) Redistributable Package from Visual Studio Isolated Shell.

References

Known issues when you install Release Management for Visual Studio 2013