FIX: Devenv.exe Application Error (0x67bbfbdf) Occurs When You Are Using Visual InterDev 6.0 (259485)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
This article was previously published under Q259485

SYMPTOMS

When you switch from Local Mode to Master mode and use the "Synchronize Files" or "Refresh Project View" features of Visual InterDev 6.0, the following error message may appear:
DEVENV.EXE - Application Error
The instruction at "0x67bbfbdf" referenced memory at "0x04a73005". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
NOTE: The instruction (0x67bbfbdf) should always be the same, but the referenced memory (here, 0x04a73005) may be different.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

The error does not occur on all projects, but typically does occur on large Web projects that are several megabytes in size and that contain folders and files with long names.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open Visual InterDev 6.0, and then from the File menu, select New Project.
  2. In the New Project dialog box, specify the name of your project, and then click Open. This starts the Web Project Wizard.
  3. In step 1 of the Web Project Wizard, specify the server name, make sure that Master mode is selected for the working mode, and then click Next.
  4. In step 2 of the Web Project Wizard, select the Create a new Web application option, type a project name in the text box provided, and then click Finish.
  5. Right-click the project name in the Project Explorer window and choose Working Mode. From the submenu, select Local.
  6. Right-click the project name in the Project Explorer window and choose Working Mode, and then select Master from the submenu. Depending on the size of the Web project, the error may occur at this point. If the error has not occurred, then continue with the following steps.
  7. Click the Synchronize Files button in the Project Explorer window or go to the Project menu and select Web Project, and then from the submenu select Synchronize Files. You may also stimulate the error when you click the Refresh Project View button in the Project Explorer window or go to the Project menu and select Web Project and then from the submenu select Refresh Project View.
  8. Repeat step 7 several times.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/12/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbBug kbDevStudio kbfix kbide kbIDEProject kbQFE kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix kbWebServer KB259485
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