VS 2005 + Vista 'The Application Cannot Start'

hi,

i do not know if this is the correct place to place this thread. however i'm really in need of help.

when i start up my visual studio 2005, i get the following error mesage:
'Application Cannot Start'. clicking ok would inevitably close the whole program.

i have tried accessing microsoft's support webpage but to no avil. i have installed both service packs as adviced by the microsoft after the installation. has anyone faced this problem before? i did not have this problem while using winxp in the past. please help.

regards

You installed SP-1 for VS 2005 and also SP-1 Update for Vista too?

Vista update:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Was this an upgrade to Vista and are you running VS 2005 Express or one of the Pro versions?

Does it crash on starting up VS for a new project or just a particular one?

yes i installed both updates. if i'm not mistaken the system will prompt me to install the updates if i havent. no the system doesnt really crash, it will prompt the above error message then exits when i click ok. it didnt even gave me any indication whatsoever on what's going wrong.

Are you running VS using Admin credientials?

Right click > Run as Administrator.

yes i did that. i even set it as administrator privelege.

I have found most of the many problems of Vista seem to be to do with screwed up user settings following installs. Trying again as another user is always worthwhile.

But does this happen on the opening of a solution or project vs. a blank new project?

nope. this happens when i open the application. which means even before a blank new project. and for the different user thingie. i'll try it tommorow. thanks guys. really appreciate your help!

When all else fails, perhaps uninstalling and re-installing will do better.

well..somehow got into the program..but i still get 'encountered a problem and needs to close' with the following error details:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: devenv.exe
Problem Signature 02: 8.0.50727.867
Problem Signature 03: 45d2c842
Problem Signature 04: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web
Problem Signature 05: 8.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 45715802
Problem Signature 07: e55
Problem Signature 08: e
Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidCastException
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
LCID: 1033

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any idea?