NuGet window freezes with "Checking for updates..." - debugger shows endless EEFileLoadExceptions
I opened LinqPad 9.4.6 x64 just now to a new script and wanted to add a NuGet reference, but the Add NuGet Reference window immediately locked-up and froze, with the message "Checking for updates..." displayed. Oddly, the bottom part of the window went black. (Screenshot below):
I attached VS' debugger to the LinqPad.exe process and I saw an endless stream of "Exception thrown..." messages in the output window:
Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EC20. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EC20. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EC20. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C9C0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013EB10. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: [rethrow] at memory location 0x0000000000000000. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 in LINQPad9.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: EEFileLoadException at memory location 0x000000000013C8B0. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFC6B4E5369 (KernelBase.dll) in LINQPad9.exe: 0xE0434352. (etc)