Microsoft Visual Studio cannot shut down because a modal dialog is active. Close the active dialog

 

Description):

When you use the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 IDE, a lockup condition may occur, and the IDE stops responding (Hangs ). additionally, you cannot close the IDE, and you may receive the following error message:

Visual Studio cannot shut down because a modal dialog is open

Cause (cause):

This problem occurs because Visual Studio 2005 does not reset an internal flag. This flag indicates that Visual Studio 2005 is currently displaying a modal dialog box.

Solution):

To download this hotfix from the msdn code Gallery, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB936971

Ref:

Http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vsdebug/thread/95d7918a-dab5-450b-a1f7-12b144db453d

Http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/26c6f09e-594d-45ca-b040-805483243544/#page:4

Https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx? Downloadid = 7259

Http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936971