<p>How can I stop Visual Studio (both 2005 and 2008) from crashing (sometimes) when I select the "Close All But This" option?This does not happen all the time either.</p>

[{'answer_id': 68845, 'author': '1800 INFORMATION', 'author_id': 3146, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146', 'pm_score': -1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Another alternative:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Study for 10 years to become a really good programmer</li>\n<li>Apply for (and get) a job at Microsoft in the Visual Studio team</li>\n<li>Fix the bug</li>\n</ol>\n'}, {'answer_id': 68848, 'author': 'fuentesjr', 'author_id': 10708, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10708', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I would highly consider uninstalling and then installing Visual Studio again. Afterwards make sure you have installed available service packs for your VS version.  </p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 68869, 'author': 'David Thibault', 'author_id': 5903, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5903', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<ul>\n<li>Does it happen on all projects or a specific one?</li>\n<li>Does it only occurs when a specific file is open?</li>\n<li>Try re-installing visual studio and any/all service packs.</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 68881, 'author': 'HitScan', 'author_id': 9490, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9490', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>First, check <a href="http://www.windowsupdate.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Windows Update</a> and make sure both VS environments are up to date.</p>\n\n<p>If that doesn\'t help, uninstall them both completely, reinstall only 2005, update and test it. If 2005 doesn\'t crash, install 2008, update and test them both. Don\'t install any add-ons you may have been using until you\'ve reinstalled and tested both editions of VS. </p>\n\n<p>If one or the other does crash, you should try <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/451329.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">filing a bug against Visual Studio</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If they didn\'t crash, install any add-ons that you use one at a time and continue to test both editions after each one. (This will take ages, but that\'s how it has to be) When they start crashing, remove the offending add-on, and file a bug with the add-on developer. (be sure to tell them what other add-ons you\'re using, in case it only happens when 2 conflicting add-ons are installed.)</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 68887, 'author': 'jfs', 'author_id': 718, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/718', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Try to reset the Visual Studio settings (<strong>Tools->Import and Export Settings->Reset All Settings</strong>).</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 68893, 'author': 'Graviton', 'author_id': 3834, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3834', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Maybe you can try to reproduce this using a specific solution and csproject file and report it to Microsoft?</p>\n\n<p>That's the best shot you can ever have.</p>\n"}]
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