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Launch multiple instances (at least 3) of VS 2017 (with VS-Macros installed).
Open solutions in each VS.
Right click on the VS icon on the taskbar and select "Close all windows". Expected:
All windows close Actual:
At least one instances gets the following error:
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_80f42237\FolderExpansion.xml' because it is being used by another process.
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OK
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It looks like this file is created/used by the VS-Macros extension.
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Thanks Alex. @prnadago , This looks like one of many issues that arise when using Macros with multiple instances of Visual Studio open. Looking at the path (above) we can see that Macros is using shared locations - instead of per-instance locations.
Not sure how challenging it will be to make Macros work properly with multiple instance open.
Repro:
Expected:
All windows close
Actual:
At least one instances gets the following error:
It looks like this file is created/used by the VS-Macros extension.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: