NuGet window freezes with "Checking for updates..." - debugger shows endless EEFileLoadExceptions

DaiPlusPlus
edited May 1 in General

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.

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Answers

  • Never seen that one! You said it happened right after starting LINQPad, so it wasn't already running? Is there anything in LINQPad's log in %localappdata%\linqpad\logs.linqpad9 or the Windows Event Viewer?