Unable to Load NCrunch

Hi

I tried to do a manual install into VS2010 (we aren't allowed to run MSI, our PCs are locked down) but it is failing to load with the following error

The 'nCrunch.VSIntegration2010.CrunchPackage, nCrunch.VSIntegration2010, Version=1.45.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=01d101bf6f3e0aea' package did not load correctly.

The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by running the application together with the /log parameter on the command line, and then examining the file 'C:\Users\John Faris\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml'.

I started VS with the /log parameter and it showed the following

Begin package load [nCrunch.VSIntegration2010.CrunchPackage, nCrunch.VSIntegration2010, Version=1.45.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=01d101bf6f3e0aea] {14D2CAB3-EE7F-496E-BF5D-C67D2CBDD84D} VisualStudio 2013/06/13 13:31:51.642
91 ERROR CreateInstance failed for package [nCrunch.VSIntegration2010.CrunchPackage, nCrunch.VSIntegration2010, Version=1.45.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=01d101bf6f3e0aea] {14D2CAB3-EE7F-496E-BF5D-C67D2CBDD84D} 80131515 VisualStudio 2013/06/13 13:31:51.651
92 ERROR End package load [nCrunch.VSIntegration2010.CrunchPackage, nCrunch.VSIntegration2010, Version=1.45.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=01d101bf6f3e0aea] {14D2CAB3-EE7F-496E-BF5D-C67D2CBDD84D} 80004005 - E_FAIL VisualStudio 2013/06/13 13:31:51.660
93 Warning Package failed to load; error message suppressed by skip flag {14D2CAB3-EE7F-496E-BF5D-C67D2CBDD84D} VisualStudio

Any ideas what is going wrong?

Thanks

Hi,

Thanks for posting!

The error code 80131515 is associated with 'Cannot load file or assembly', which suggests that there may be a file missing from the install directory or NCrunch is otherwise unable to read one of these assemblies.

Considering the access level on your PC, can you check whether the permissions of the files you've downloaded will allow Visual Studio to read them? Something you can do to verify this could also be to just try opening one of the installed files in an editor of some kind (i.e. notepad) and seeing if the O/S will let you. Under tight security configuration, Windows can actually flag downloaded and unzipped files as 'suspect' which prevents an application from reading them.

Also, are you able to confirm how large the total installed size of NCrunch is for you (in bytes on disk)? I can then confirm whether all the files are there.

Cheers,

Remco

Hi

Your answer got me thinking along the right track. It turns out I needed to unblock the zip file before extracting the files.
I then found it loaded without issue. Maybe worth adding a note about that to your install instructions as I always forget and I'm sure I'm not alone!

Cheers