How can i fix VS 2019 Error Code: 0x80131500 IntelliSense finished initializing, but an error occurred when attempting to load the document.

Question

Occurred: After Finished Create New Project.

Visual Studio 2019 [ 16.9.4 ]

Tried:
1. Use Repair in Visual Studio Installer.
2. Re Installed Visual Studio

Answer 1

I thought the only way was to reset my PC and reinstall visual studio, but then I thought of resetting visual studio and it helped.
The error is basically due to some errors in importing the files. So I tried to reset the vs settings by simply going over to

tools>import and export settings>reset all setings>general

and hit next.

hope it helped :-)

Answer 2

Hi @AtomXZR ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Could you tell me what your project type is? Which target framework of your project are you using? .NET Core or .NET Framework?

You can try the following workarounds:

1. Create a new project and check if the error occurs in specific project or not.
2. Use the command: devenv /safemode to run your Visual Studio in safe mode.
3. Delete the hidden .vs, bin and obj folders in the project folder.

Sincerely,
Anna

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Answer 3

Delete folder inside "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages_Instances\"

Answer 4

First go to the file explorer's Toolbar, click on View and check the box for hidden files.
Then go to the project folder's location and delete the hidden .vs directory (since it is a hidden file, it has a lighter text color).

Don't forget to restart Visual Studio and then rebuild the project, in order to see the changes.

Answer 5

I'm using .NET 5.0
When the error came up, I thought of restarting Visual Studio
I did it and it worked. So definitely try to restart Visual Studio if the error comes up