I don't have enough data on this, but what I have is freaky enough that I've started into studying it, and figured I'd ask on here in case somebody has an explanation.

I have a project in VS2022. If I start VS, then load the project by finding it in the recent project list, or by using Open Project, then all is well. If I right click on VS in the task bar and launch the project that way, the project opens, all the recent code pages open up, then the whole project spontaneously unloads and I'm back to an empty VS, ready to load a project.

The first few times that happened, I just figured I might have done something weird, but it's become so consistent that I've started into seeking the patterns for it. Thus I started repeating steps to see what was repeatable. What I have so far is this.

Given project A, B, and T (for target), where A, B, and T are not related to one another, aside from all being projects in VS2022 on the same computer:

Opening T alone is fine.
Opening A alone is fine.
Opening B alone causes B to reload.
If A is open, opening B is fine.
If A is open, opening T causes T to unload.
If A is open, and B is open, opening T is fine.

All of these have been repeated multiple times (yes, I sat here and opened and closed projects repeatedly to make this list), but on the last attempt, with A open, T did manage to remain open, so that is the first violation of the pattern.

Also, while the code pages come up, the unloading happens when the Solution Explorer or Git tabs are populating.

Does anybody know what is going on here?