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Package Management Initialization Failed

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 3:16 PM

Hi

I just installed the latest visual studio 2017 (15.5) on my computer. I previously had visual studio 2012 and I am using windows 7.

I keep getting a popup saying 

Package Management Initialization Failed

the log file has the following errors

 <entry>

    <record>33</record>

    <time>2017/12/06 15:06:41.742</time>

    <type>Error</type>

    <source>VisualStudio</source>

    <description>Failed to process PkgDef file</description>

    <hr>8007001f</hr>

    <errorinfo></errorinfo>

    <path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Extensions\DSLTextTemplatingRegistry_x86.pkgdef</path>

  </entry>

  <entry>

    <record>34</record>

    <time>2017/12/06 15:06:41.742</time>

    <type>Error</type>

    <source>VisualStudio</source>

    <description>PkgDef loading aborted</description>

    <hr>8007001f</hr>

    <errorinfo></errorinfo>

  </entry>

  <entry>

    <record>35</record>

    <time>2017/12/06 15:06:41.742</time>

    <type>Error</type>

    <source>VisualStudio</source>

    <description>CPkgDefCacheNonVolatileBase: PkgDef cache creation failed. Going volatile and trying again.</description>

    <hr>8007001f</hr>

    <errorinfo></errorinfo>

  </entry>

Thanks

All replies (1)

Thursday, December 7, 2017 8:14 AM

Hi Amichai,

Thank you for posting in MSDN forum.

Please see: Access Denied error creating registry keys on Windows 7

This is a new random corruption issue of the private registry file on Windows 7. You could try with following steps to troubleshoot:

1. Upgrade the VS installer to the latest version.

2. Deleting privateregistry.bin and restarting VS

As we know, it's related to lack of fix of Win 7, Visual Studio product team is investigating for a fix. Please wait patiently till next version releasing to fix this issue.
Thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards,

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