Test View return an exception

[Sam Davis]

When I switch to the Test View tab in WebUI Developer Edition, the Window returns the following exception. I have installed version 2010.2.830.

An exception was encountered while constructing the content of this frame.  This information is also logged by running the application with the /log parameter on the command line, which stores results in "C:\Users\sdavis\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml".

Exception details:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentException: There is already a command handler for the menu command 'b85579aa-8be0-4c4f-a850-90902b317571 : 13074'.
   at System.ComponentModel.Design.MenuCommandService.AddCommand(MenuCommand command)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Vsip.CommandHelper.AddCommand(IMenuCommandService menuService, EventHandler invokeHandler, EventHandler statusHandler, CommandID id)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestCaseManagement.TestViewToolWindow.Initialize()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestCaseManagement.TestViewToolWindowHost..ctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.FindToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, Boolean create, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsToolWindowFactory.CreateToolWindow(Guid& toolWindowType, UInt32 id)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.ConstructContent()

[Konstantin Petkov]

Hi Sam,

A quick search pointed me to this issue on MS Connect. There is no work-around provided there and the issue is closed. However, I also got into this related thread in our forums and this blog post suggesting a work-around. Can you check if that helps?

Regards,
Konstantin Petkov
the Telerik team

[MBryga]

The blog looked promising but suggested solution did not help.

[Plamen]

Hi Mike,

Please try the workaround provided in this MSDN blog post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/charles_sterling/archive/2010/04/21/test-view-issue-an-exception-was-encountered-while-constructing-the-content-of-this-frame.aspx

If this doesn't help, please contact Microsoft for assistance with this Microsoft Test View problem.

Regards,
Plamen
the Telerik team