The ‘ProviderPackage’ package did not load correctly

visual studio 2012

I installed Visual Studio 2012 and at a later date Update 2. After installing Update 2, when I load any project, I get the following error:

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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The 'ProviderPackage' package did not load correctly.

The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by examining the file 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ActivityLog.xml'.

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After locating the ActivityLog.xml, I see the following set of errors:

<entry>
    <record>300</record>
    <time>2013/04/23 18:32:54.002</time>
    <type>Information</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>Begin package load [ProviderPackage]</description>
    <guid>{5F2E5E42-4192-4D79-A0D8-1D881E808829}</guid>
</entry>
<entry>
    <record>301</record>
    <time>2013/04/23 18:32:54.012</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>SetSite failed for package [ProviderPackage]</description>
    <guid>{5F2E5E42-4192-4D79-A0D8-1D881E808829}</guid>
    <hr>80131522</hr>
    <errorinfo>Method 'GetHostedIntellisenseTypes' in type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Progression.DTEWrapperCached' from assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphProviderPackage, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' does not have an implementation.</errorinfo>
</entry>
<entry>
    <record>302</record>
    <time>2013/04/23 18:32:54.012</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>End package load [ProviderPackage]</description>
    <guid>{5F2E5E42-4192-4D79-A0D8-1D881E808829}</guid>
    <hr>80131522</hr>
    <errorinfo>Method 'GetHostedIntellisenseTypes' in type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Progression.DTEWrapperCached' from assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphProviderPackage, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' does not have an implementation.</errorinfo>

Google searches do not reveal an exact match on my issue. I've tried searching the packages on the install ISO and cannot locate a package that needs to be repaired…

F:\packages>dir /s *provider*
 Volume in drive F is VS2012_ULT_MSDN_ENU
 Volume Serial Number is 4A21-C8BD

 Directory of F:\packages\SSDT

   07/26/2012  11:30 AM           780,288 DbSqlPackageProvider.msi
               1 File(s)        780,288 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               1 File(s)        780,288 bytes
               0 Dir(s)               0 bytes free

Any other ideas?

Best Answer

  • Close Visual Studio.
  • Open a Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2012 (as administrator).
  • Type devenv /setup.
  • Restart Visual Studio.

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