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Install of Windows 10 update KB4601055 may cause Visual Studio crashes

  • February 11, 2021
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Kim Hoskin
Problem :

After the Windows 10 update KB4601055 is installed Visual Studio may crash with an exception similar too:
System.NullReferenceException at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.HasCustomChrome(System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource, RECT ByRef

 

Resolution :

Refer to following Microsoft link for details on the workaround:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/february-9-2021-kb4601055-cumulative-update-for-net-framework-3-5-and-4-8-for-windows-10-version-1809-and-windows-server-version-2019-38aea913-ccd7-bc76-db60-9521318f97cb 

Workaround steps are:
1) Using an Administrator account, browse to the Visual Studio install location, such as C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Enterprise\\Common7\\IDE

2) Make a backup copy of devenv.exe.config

3) Open devenv.exe.config in a text editor and locate the line that begins with:
<AppContextSwitchOverrides

4) Add the following to the end of the value string (including the semicolon at the start):
;Switch.System.Windows.Interop.MouseInput.OptOutOfMoveToChromedWindowFix=true;Switch.System.Windows.Interop.MouseInput.DoNotOptOutOfMoveToChromedWindowFix=true

5) Save and close the file.


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