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Why devenv.exe is working during more than 3 minutes when my DSL setup is running ?

Hi,

My DSL is working fine, but my setup is very slow.

There are 2 progress bar, which run very fast.

Then a third one appears, and it just keep at 0% during 2 or 3 minutes !

If I take a look at my task manager, I can see a devenv.exe is running. If I kill it, the setup ends up immediatly and the installation is fine. If I don't, it last for almost 2 ou 3 minutes.

Why this process is running during a so long time ?

Thanks for any help.

Nicolas Roux Friday, October 16, 2009 7:58 AM

Hi Nicolas,

The setup/install process can take a while. I'm guessing the delay here is in running a custom action that runs DevEnv.exe with /setup to ensure that the menus/commands/templates are properly updated. Note, most VS SDK packages (including DSL packages) typically add additional menu items to the shell. This is why you have to run devenv /setup when installing the package. This allows the VS IDE (devenv.exe) to rebuild its menus/toolbars/templates including those from the newly installed package.

If you kill the devenv.exe process before it completes, you run the risk of corrupting your menus, toolbars, and project/item templates.

The process can take quiet a while to complete.

Sincerely,

Ed Dore