Ajax Control Toolkit installation crashes Visual Studio 2008

[Arma]

I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add the
Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.

If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose Items,
Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an existing tab, or if
I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main menu.

I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in that
causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not have
PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I installed
PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the problem.

I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck. Still
the same crash.

Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit working on
this machine?

[Mahmoud Ghoz]

Hello Arma,

It seems that you have vista operating system. Try to run VS in adminstrative
mode. this is may solve your problem

Mahmoud Ghoz
www.Ghoz.NET

Post by Arma
I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add
the Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.
If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose
Items, Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an
existing tab, or if I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main
menu.
I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in
that causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not
have PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I
installed PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the
problem.
I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck.
Still the same crash.
Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit
working on this machine?

[tbb2121]

I'm having a crash on install. But I thought it might be a good idea to
mention here that the official site has a number of posters saying there are
unfixed bugs in the Toolkit going back many months.

I can't get this installed. I also noticed major flaws (like misspelled
folder names).

Arma, please respond as to whether or not running as Administrator fixed
your problem. I'm in XP, so if you are still having the problem it may not
be Vista-specific.

Post by Mahmoud Ghoz
Hello Arma,
It seems that you have vista operating system. Try to run VS in adminstrative
mode. this is may solve your problem
Mahmoud Ghoz
www.Ghoz.NET

Post by Arma
I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add
the Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.
If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose
Items, Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an
existing tab, or if I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main
menu.
I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in
that causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not
have PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I
installed PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the
problem.
I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck.
Still the same crash.
Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit
working on this machine?

[neugyc]

I have a Vista machine -- same problem. I was following along with asp.net
tutorial which included addin of the Ajax Control Toolkit. Couple of weeks
ago I was following along with the MVC tutortial chapter and downloaded
NerDinner. When I tried to open the View pages in VS 2008 sp1, VS did a
silent crash. However I do not have this problem with the solution that I
created myself (MyNerdDinner) - only with the downloaded solution.

I find it problematic that I can not addin to the VS toolbox.

Any fixes?

Thanks

Post by tbb2121
I'm having a crash on install. But I thought it might be a good idea to
mention here that the official site has a number of posters saying there are
unfixed bugs in the Toolkit going back many months.
I can't get this installed. I also noticed major flaws (like misspelled
folder names).
Arma, please respond as to whether or not running as Administrator fixed
your problem. I'm in XP, so if you are still having the problem it may not
be Vista-specific.

Post by Mahmoud Ghoz
Hello Arma,
It seems that you have vista operating system. Try to run VS in adminstrative
mode. this is may solve your problem
Mahmoud Ghoz
www.Ghoz.NET

Post by Arma
I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add
the Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.
If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose
Items, Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an
existing tab, or if I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main
menu.
I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in
that causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not
have PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I
installed PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the
problem.
I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck.
Still the same crash.
Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit
working on this machine?

[martijnh]

try starting VS with devenv /safemode, that worked out for me

Post by neugyc
I have a Vista machine -- same problem. I was following along with asp.net
tutorial which included addin of the Ajax Control Toolkit. Couple of weeks
ago I was following along with the MVC tutortial chapter and downloaded
NerDinner. When I tried to open the View pages in VS 2008 sp1, VS did a
silent crash. However I do not have this problem with the solution that I
created myself (MyNerdDinner) - only with the downloaded solution.
I find it problematic that I can not addin to the VS toolbox.
Any fixes?
Thanks

Post by tbb2121
I'm having a crash on install. But I thought it might be a good idea to
mention here that the official site has a number of posters saying there are
unfixed bugs in the Toolkit going back many months.
I can't get this installed. I also noticed major flaws (like misspelled
folder names).
Arma, please respond as to whether or not running as Administrator fixed
your problem. I'm in XP, so if you are still having the problem it may not
be Vista-specific.

Post by Mahmoud Ghoz
Hello Arma,
It seems that you have vista operating system. Try to run VS in adminstrative
mode. this is may solve your problem
Mahmoud Ghoz
www.Ghoz.NET

Post by Arma
I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add
the Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.
If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose
Items, Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an
existing tab, or if I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main
menu.
I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in
that causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not
have PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I
installed PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the
problem.
I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck.
Still the same crash.
Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit
working on this machine?

[Michael Abby Luz]

I am having the same problem, i already run it on administrative mode... but
still no luck to add the ajax control toolkit, still it was crashing..

the error says: There was an error loading types from assembly,'<the
location of the ajax control toolkit>' Could not load file or assembly
'System.Web.Extensions.Design, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=nuetral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad64e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot
find the file specidied.

Please Help
Thanks,
Michael Abby Luz
Software Developer

Post by Mahmoud Ghoz
Hello Arma,
It seems that you have vista operating system. Try to run VS in adminstrative
mode. this is may solve your problem
Mahmoud Ghoz
www.Ghoz.NET

Post by Arma
I am having trouble with a Visual Studio 2008 crash when I try to add
the Ajax Control Toolkit to my toolbox.
If I add a new tab to the toolbox, then right-click and select Choose
Items, Visual Studio stops working. Same if I right-click on an
existing tab, or if I choose Tools|Choose Toolbox Items from the main
menu.
I have read some posts on the web that say it is the PowerTools add-in
that causes this crash, and removing PowerTools fixes it. I did not
have PowerTools installed in the first place. Just in case, I
installed PowerTools and uninstalled it, but this did not solve the
problem.
I also uninstalled Visual Studio 2008 and re-installed, but no luck.
Still the same crash.
Any ideas for a workaround so I can get the Ajax Control Toolkit
working on this machine?